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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Cultural World Heritage property in Canada, inscribed in 1981 under criterion (vi).

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Canada
Photo: Ken Thomas · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage SiteChaco Culture World Heritage SiteDinosaur Provincial ParkGrand Canyon National ParkHead-Smashed-In Buffalo JumpMesa Verde National ParkNahanni National Park ReserveNinstintsOlympic National ParkPimachiowin AkiRedwood National and State ParksTaos PuebloWaterton-Glacier International Peace ParkWood Buffalo National ParkWriting-on-Stone Provincial ParkYellowstone National ParkYosemite National Park49.749° N, 113.625° W
State Party
Canada
Year of inscription
1981
Criteria
vi
Area of property
3,626 ha
Location
Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26
What it is
buffalo jump, archaeological site
Reference
WHC 158 · Wikidata Q683110

Why it is on the List

(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Canada86 kmWaterton-Glacier International Peace ParkCanada · 1995NaturalWriting-on-Stone Provincial Park, Canada163 kmWriting-on-Stone Provincial ParkCanada · 2019CulturalDinosaur Provincial Park, Canada189 kmDinosaur Provincial ParkCanada · 1979NaturalCanadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site, Canada274 kmCanadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage SiteCanada · 1984NaturalYellowstone National Park, United States619 kmYellowstone National ParkUnited States · 1978NaturalOlympic National Park, United States776 kmOlympic National ParkUnited States · 1981Natural
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