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The 100 properties with the highest elevation recorded in Wikidata (151 sites have one). The figure is the altitude given for the property, usually its main point, not always the summit.

#	Site	Country	Elevation	Year	Type
1	Potosí	Bolivia	4,070 m	1987	Cultural
2	Quebrada de Humahuaca	Argentina	3,224 m	2003	Cultural
3	Mount Wutai	China	3,061 m	2009	Cultural
4	Mulanje Massif	Malawi	3,002 m	2025	Cultural
5	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Australia	2,745 m	1997	Natural
6	Western Ghats	India	2,695 m	2012	Natural
7	Yosemite National Park	United States	2,686 m	1984	Natural
8	Yellowstone National Park	United States	2,470 m	1978	Natural
9	Burkhan Khaldun	Mongolia	2,450 m	2015	Cultural
10	Teide National Park	Spain	2,278 m	2007	Natural
11	Maymand	Iran	2,214 m	2015	Cultural
12	Old Sana'a	Yemen	2,200 m	1986	Cultural
13	Takht-e Soleyman	Iran	2,200 m	2003	Cultural
14	Chongoni Rock Art Area	Malawi	2,198 m	2006	Cultural
15	Tassili n'Ajjer	Algeria	2,158 m	1982	Mixed
16	Wuyi Mountains	China	2,158 m	1999	Mixed
17	Mount Nemrut	Türkiye	2,150 m	1987	Cultural
18	Sewell	Chile	2,150 m	2006	Cultural
19	Axum	Ethiopia	2,131 m	1980	Cultural
20	Yakushima	Japan	1,935 m	1993	Natural
21	El Fuerte de Samaipata	Bolivia	1,904 m	1998	Cultural
22	Huangshan	China	1,864 m	1990	Mixed
23	Mount Sanqing	China	1,817 m	2008	Natural
24	Makhonjwa Mountains	South Africa	1,800 m	2018	Natural
25	Soltaniyeh	Iran	1,784 m	2005	Cultural
26	Putorana Plateau	Russia +1	1,701 m	2010	Natural
27	Mount Kumgang	North Korea	1,638 m	2025	Mixed
28	Persepolis	Iran	1,627 m	1979	Cultural
29	Laponian National Park	Sweden	1,620 m	1996	Mixed
30	Naqsh-e Jahan Square	Iran	1,570 m	1979	Cultural
31	Mount Tai	China	1,545 m	1987	Mixed
32	Socotra Archipelago	Yemen +1	1,503 m	2008	Natural
33	Tsodilo	Botswana	1,489 m	2001	Cultural
34	Casas Grandes	Mexico	1,476 m	1998	Cultural
35	Ambohimanga	Madagascar	1,468 m	2001	Cultural
36	Petra	Jordan	1,350 m	1985	Cultural
37	Marquesas Islands	France	1,230 m	2024	Mixed
38	Plain of Jars	Laos	1,200 m	2019	Cultural
39	Brasília	Brazil	1,171 m	1987	Cultural
40	Baalbek	Lebanon	1,170 m	1984	Cultural
41	Revillagigedo Islands	Mexico	1,130 m	2016	Natural
42	Sulaiman-Too	Kyrgyzstan	1,110 m	2009	Cultural
43	Monte San Giorgio	Switzerland	1,097 m	2003	Natural
44	Bam	Iran	1,061 m	2004	Cultural
45	Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves	Costa Rica +1	1,051 m	1983	Natural
46	Lake District	United Kingdom	978 m	2017	Cultural
47	Anjar	Lebanon	950 m	1984	Cultural
48	Aeolian Islands	Italy	926 m	2000	Natural
49	Los Glaciares National Park	Argentina	919 m	1981	Natural
50	Los Alerces National Park	Argentina	827 m	2017	Natural
51	Salt	Jordan	820 m	2021	Cultural
52	Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park	Australia	812 m	1987	Mixed
53	Wadi Rum	Jordan	800 m	2011	Mixed
54	Pitons	Saint Lucia	786 m	2004	Natural
55	Shirakami-Sanchi	Japan	766 m	1993	Natural
56	Göbekli Tepe	Türkiye	760 m	2018	Cultural
57	Shibam	Yemen	683 m	1982	Cultural
58	Shahrisabz	Uzbekistan +1	622 m	2000	Cultural
59	Le Morne Brabant	Mauritius	556 m	2008	Cultural
60	Odzala National Park	Republic of the Congo	555 m	2023	Natural
61	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	553 m	1999	Cultural
62	Twyfelfontein	Namibia	550 m	2007	Cultural
63	Holašovice	Czechia	505 m	1998	Cultural
64	Kandy	Sri Lanka	500 m	1988	Cultural
65	Hampi	India	467 m	1986	Cultural
66	Lake Baikal	Russia +1	456 m	1996	Natural
67	Jaipur	India	431 m	2019	Cultural
68	St Kilda	United Kingdom	430 m	1986	Mixed
69	Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park	Central African Republic	425 m	1988	Natural
70	Jabal Al Fayah	United Arab Emirates	412 m	2025	Cultural
71	Reichenau Island	Germany	412 m	2000	Cultural
72	M'banza-Kongo	Angola	408 m	2017	Cultural
73	Wartburg	Germany	393 m	1999	Cultural
74	Škocjan Caves	Slovenia	378 m	1986	Natural
75	Sigiriya	Sri Lanka	349 m	1982	Cultural
76	Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea	Brazil	336 m	2012	Cultural
77	Bandiagara Escarpment	Mali	323 m	1989	Mixed
78	Lena Pillars	Russia +1	321 m	2012	Natural
79	Mystras	Greece	310 m	1989	Cultural
80	Luang Prabang	Laos	305 m	1995	Cultural
81	Purnululu National Park	Australia	287 m	2003	Natural
82	Iguaçu National Park	Brazil	265 m	1986	Natural
83	Timbuktu	Mali	261 m	1988	Cultural
84	Macquarie Island	Australia	260 m	1997	Natural
85	Vjetrenica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	260 m	2024	Natural
86	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	Bolivia	252 m	2000	Natural
87	K'gari	Australia	245 m	1992	Natural
88	Skellig Michael	Ireland	218 m	1996	Cultural
89	Taï National Park	Côte d'Ivoire	218 m	1982	Natural
90	Fatehpur Sikri	India	213 m	1986	Cultural
91	Canal du Midi	France	193 m	1996	Cultural
92	Chiribiquete National Park	Colombia	189 m	2018	Mixed
93	Crespi d'Adda	Italy	180 m	1995	Cultural
94	Budj Bim	Australia	178 m	2019	Cultural
95	Białowieża Forest	Poland +1	175 m	1979	Natural
96	Khirokitia	Cyprus	156 m	1998	Cultural
97	Surtsey	Iceland	155 m	2008	Natural
98	Wadi Al-Hitan	Egypt	151 m	2005	Natural
99	Lumbini	Nepal	150 m	1997	Cultural
100	Viñales Valley	Cuba	138 m	1999	Cultural

Data: Wikidata (CC0) · danger list as published in 2026 · independent atlas, not affiliated with UNESCO or Petit Futé.