Natural sites
Discover the 257* natural and mixed sites on the World Heritage List
The World Heritage List comprises 1153 properties of Outstanding Universal Value. Natural sites represent about 23% of this list, including 39 mixed (both cultural and natural) sites and 218 natural sites.
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Below, you can find all natural and mixed World Heritage sites in alphabetical order. To learn more about each site, click on the links for detailed information from the IUCN World Heritage Outlook website.
You can also search the sites geographically through the World Database on Protected Areas, using ProtectedPlanet.net, or consult the entire World Heritage List on UNESCO's World Heritage Centre website.
Argentina
Iguazu National Park
Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks
Los Alerces National Park
Los Glaciares National Park
Península Valdés
Albania
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region (mixed natural and cultural - transboundary site)
Algeria
Tassili n'Ajjer (mixed natural and cultural)
Australia
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)
Fraser Island
Great Barrier Reef
Greater Blue Mountains Area
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
Heard and McDonald Islands
Kakadu National Park (mixed natural and cultural)
Lord Howe Island Group
Macquarie Island
Ningaloo Coast
Purnululu National Park
Shark Bay, Western Australia
Tasmanian Wilderness (mixed natural and cultural)
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (mixed natural and cultural)
Wet Tropics of Queensland
Willandra Lakes Region (mixed natural and cultural)
Austria
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
Bangladesh
Belarus
Białowieża Forest (transboundary site)
Belgium
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
Belize
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
Benin
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (transboundary site)
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)
Botswana
Brazil
Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves
Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
Central Amazon Conservation Complex
Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
Iguaçu National Park
Pantanal Conservation Area
Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity (mixed site)
Bulgaria
Pirin National Park
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
Srebarna Nature Reserve
Burkina Faso
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (transboundary site)
Cameroon
Dja Faunal Reserve
Sangha Trinational (transboundary site)
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Dinosaur Provincial Park
Gros Morne National Park
Joggins Fossil Cliffs
Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (transboundary site)
Miguasha National Park
Mistaken Point
Nahanni National Park
Pimachiowin Aki (mixed natural and cultural)
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (transboundary site)
Wood Buffalo National Park
Central African Republic
Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
Sangha Trinational (transboundary site)
Chad
Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape (mixed natural and cultural)
Lakes of Ounianga
China
Chengjiang Fossil Site
China Danxia
Fanjingshan
Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Hubei Shennongjia
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I)
Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area (mixed natural and cultural)
Mount Huangshan (mixed natural and cultural)
Mount Sanqingshan National Park
Mount Taishan (mixed natural and cultural)
Mount Wuyi (mixed natural and cultural)
Qinghai Hoh Xil
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains
South China Karst
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
Xinjiang Tianshan
Colombia
Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar” (mixed natural and cultural)
Los Katíos National Park
Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary
Congo
Sangha Trinational (transboundary site)
Costa Rica
Area de Conservación Guanacaste
Cocos Island National Park
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (transboundary site)
Côte d'Ivoire
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (transboundary site)
Taï National Park
Comoé National Park
Croatia
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Cuba
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
Desembarco del Granma National Park
Czechia
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Garamba National Park
Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Salonga National Park
Virunga National Park
Denmark
Ilulissat Icefjord
Stevns Klint
Dominica
Morne Trois Pitons National Park
Ecuador
Galápagos Islands
Sangay National Park
Egypt
Ethiopia
Finland
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (transboundary site)
France
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)
Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena
French Austral Lands and Seas
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems
Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (mixed natural and cultural - transboundary site)
Gabon
Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (mixed natural and cultural)
Ivindo National Park (inscribed in 2021, see UNESCO page)
Georgia
Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands (inscribed in 2021, see UNESCO page)
Germany
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
Messel Pit Fossil Site
The Wadden Sea (transboundary site)
Greece
Meteora (mixed natural and cultural)
Mount Athos (mixed natural and cultural)
Guatemala
Tikal National Park (mixed natural and cultural)
Guinea
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (transboundary site)
Honduras
Hungary
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (transboundary site)
Iceland
Surtsey
Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice
India
Great Himalayan National Park
Kaziranga National Park
Keoladeo National Park
Khangchendzonga National Park (mixed natural and cultural)
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Sundarbans National Park
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
Western Ghats
Indonesia
Komodo National Park
Lorentz National Park
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
Ujung Kulon National Park
Iraq
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (mixed natural and cultural)
Iran
Italy
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
Monte San Giorgio (transboundary site)
Mount Etna
The Dolomites
Japan
Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (inscribed in 2021, see UNESCO page)
Ogasawara Islands
Shirakami-Sanchi
Shiretoko
Yakushima
Jamaica
Blue and John Crow Mountains (mixed natural and cultural)
Jordan
Wadi Rum Protected Area (mixed natural and cultural)
Kazakhstan
Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan
Western Tien-Shan (transboundary site)
Kenya
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
Lake Turkana National Parks
Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
Kiribati
Phoenix Islands Protected Area
Korea, Republic of
Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats (inscribed in 2021, see UNESCO page)
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes
Kyrgyzstan
Western Tien-Shan (transboundary site)
Lesotho
Maloti-Drakensberg Park (mixed natural and cultural - transboundary site)
Madagascar
Rainforests of the Atsinanana
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
Malawi
Malaysia
Gunung Mulu National Park
Kinabalu Park
Mali
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (mixed natural and cultural)
Mauritania
Mexico
Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche (mixed natural and cultural)
Archipiélago de Revillagigedo
El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
Sian Ka'an
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica (mixed natural and cultural)
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
Mongolia
Uvs Nuur Basin (transboundary site)
Landscapes of Dauria (transboundary site)
Montenegro
Namibia
Nepal
Chitwan National Park
Sagarmatha National Park
Netherlands
The Wadden Sea (transboundary site)
New Zealand
New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
Tongariro National Park (mixed natural and cultural)
Niger
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (transboundary site)
North Macedonia
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region (mixed natural and cultural - transboundary site) (extended in 2019, see UNESCO page)
Norway
West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
Palau
Rock Islands Southern Lagoon (mixed natural and cultural)
Panama
Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection
Darien National Park
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (transboundary site)
Peru
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu Huascarán National Park
Manú National Park
Río Abiseo National Park (mixed natural and cultural)
Philippines
Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
Poland
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)
Białowieża Forest (transboundary site)
Portugal
Romania
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
Danube Delta
Russian Federation
Central Sikhote-Alin (extended in 2018, see UNESCO page)
Golden Mountains of Altai
Lake Baikal
Landscapes of Dauria (transboundary site)
Lena Pillars Nature Park
Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
Putorana Plateau
Uvs Nuur Basin (transboundary site)
Virgin Komi Forests
Volcanoes of Kamchatka
Western Caucasus
Saint Lucia
Senegal
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
Niokolo-Koba National Park
Seychelles
Aldabra Atoll
Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve
Slovakia
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (transboundary site)
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)
Slovenia
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
Škocjan Caves
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Maloti-Drakensberg Park (mixed natural and cultural - transboundary site)
Vredefort Dome
Spain
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
Doñana National Park
Garajonay National Park
Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture (mixed natural and cultural)
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (mixed natural and cultural - transboundary site)
Teide National Park
Sri Lanka
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
Sinharaja Forest Reserve
Sudan
Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park
Suriname
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
Sweden
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (transboundary site)
Laponian Area (mixed natural and cultural)
Switzerland
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)
Monte San Giorgio (transboundary site)
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
Tajikistan
Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs)
Tanzania
Kilimanjaro National Park
Ngorongoro Conservation Area (mixed natural and cultural)
Selous Game Reserve
Serengeti National Park
Thailand
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (inscribed in 2021, see UNESCO page)
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries
Tunisia
Turkey
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (mixed natural and cultural)
Hierapolis-Pamukkale (mixed natural and cultural)
Uganda
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Rwenzori Mountains National Park
Ukraine
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Dorset and East Devon Coast
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
Gough and Inaccessible Islands
Henderson Island
St Kilda (mixed natural and cultural)
United States of America
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Everglades National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (transboundary site)
Mammoth Cave National Park
Olympic National Park
Papahānaumokuākea (mixed natural and cultural)
Redwood National and State Parks
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (transboundary site)
Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park
Uzbekistan
Western Tien-Shan (transboundary site)
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Ha Long Bay
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
Trang An Landscape Complex (mixed natural and cultural)
Yemen
Zambia
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (transboundary site)
Zimbabwe
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
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