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Iguazú National Park World Heritage Site

Natural World Heritage property in Argentina, inscribed in 1984 under criteria (vii), (x).

Iguazú National Park World Heritage Site, Argentina
Photo: Martin St-Amant ( S23678 ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Argentina
Year of inscription
1984
Criteria
viix
Area of property
55,000 ha
Location
Misiones Province, Iguazú Department
What it is
group, nature reserve
Component parts
2 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 303 · Wikidata Q57072712

Why it is on the List

(vii)Superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty.(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.

Iguaçu National Park, Brazil49 kmIguaçu National ParkBrazil · 1986NaturalJesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangüé, Paraguay205 kmJesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de TavarangüéParaguay · 1993CulturalJesuit missions among the Guaraní, Argentina210 kmJesuit missions among the GuaraníArgentina · 1983CulturalAtlantic Forest South-East Reserves, Brazil667 kmAtlantic Forest South-East ReservesBrazil · 1999Natural912 kmFray Bentos Industrial LandscapeUruguay · 2015CulturalPantanal, Brazil973 kmPantanalBrazil · 2000Natural
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