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Everglades National Park

Natural World Heritage property in United States, inscribed in 1979 under criteria (viii), (ix), (x).

Everglades National Park, United States
Photo: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
United States
Year of inscription
1979
Criteria
viiiixx
Area of property
6,105 km²
Location
Monroe County, Miami-Dade County
What it is
National Park of the United States, national park
Founded or built
1947
Visitors a year
741,983 (2024) · ranking
Official website
nps.gov/ever
Reference
WHC 76 · Wikidata Q274131

Why it is on the List

(viii)An outstanding record of the major stages of Earth’s history: the record of life, geological processes or landforms.(ix)An outstanding example of ongoing ecological and biological processes in ecosystems on land, in fresh water or at sea.(x)The most important natural habitats for conserving biological diversity, including threatened species.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

295 kmOld Havana and its Fortification SystemCuba · 1982CulturalHistoric Centre of Cienfuegos, Cuba353 kmHistoric Centre of CienfuegosCuba · 2005CulturalHistoric Centre of Camagüey, Cuba353 kmHistoric Centre of CamagüeyCuba · 2008CulturalTrinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios, Cuba397 kmTrinidad and the Valley de los IngeniosCuba · 1988CulturalViñales Valley, Cuba430 kmViñales ValleyCuba · 1999CulturalOkefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, United States620 kmOkefenokee National Wildlife RefugeUnited States · 2026Natural
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