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Chaco Culture World Heritage Site

Cultural World Heritage property in United States, inscribed in 1987 under criterion (iii).

Chaco Culture World Heritage Site, United States
Photo: National Park Service (United States) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
CahokiaCarlsbad Caverns National ParkCasas GrandesChaco Culture World Heritage SiteEl Camino Real de Tierra AdentroEl Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere ReserveGrand Canyon National ParkHead-Smashed-In Buffalo JumpHistoric centre of ZacatecasHuichol route to HuiricutaIslands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of CaliforniaMammoth Cave National ParkMesa Verde National ParkOlympic National ParkPoverty PointRedwood National and State ParksRock Paintings of Sierra de San FranciscoSan Antonio MissionsTaos PuebloWaterton-Glacier International Peace ParkWriting-on-Stone Provincial ParkYellowstone National ParkYosemite National Park36.064° N, 107.971° W
State Party
United States
Year of inscription
1987
Criteria
iii
Area of property
14,261 ha
Location
New Mexico
What it is
architectural ensemble, archaeological culture
Component parts
11 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 353 · Wikidata Q65648486

Why it is on the List

(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Mesa Verde National Park, United States141 kmMesa Verde National ParkUnited States · 1978CulturalTaos Pueblo, United States222 kmTaos PuebloUnited States · 1992CulturalGrand Canyon National Park, United States373 kmGrand Canyon National ParkUnited States · 1979NaturalCarlsbad Caverns National Park, United States541 kmCarlsbad Caverns National ParkUnited States · 1995NaturalCasas Grandes, Mexico632 kmCasas GrandesMexico · 1998CulturalEl Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve, Mexico710 kmEl Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere ReserveMexico · 2013Natural
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