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Kakadu National Park

Mixed World Heritage property in Australia, inscribed in 1981 under criteria (i), (vi), (vii), (ix), (x).

Kakadu National Park, Australia
Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana PhilosophyGreat Barrier ReefKakadu National ParkK'gariKomodo National ParkKuk SwampLorentz National ParkMurujuga National ParkNingaloo ReefPurnululu National ParkSangiranShark BayUluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National ParkWet Tropics of Queensland13.005° S, 132.519° E
State Party
Australia
Year of inscription
1981
Type
Mixed
Criteria
iviviiixx
Area of property
19,810 km²
Location
Northern Territory
What it is
group of protected areas
Founded or built
1981
Component parts
3 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 147 · Wikidata Q65096742

Why it is on the List

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.(vii)Superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty.(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.

Purnululu National Park, Australia652 kmPurnululu National ParkAustralia · 2003NaturalAustralian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte), Australia946 kmAustralian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)Australia · 1994NaturalLorentz National Park, Indonesia1088 kmLorentz National ParkIndonesia · 1999NaturalUluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, Australia1379 kmUluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National ParkAustralia · 1987MixedGreat Barrier Reef, Australia1477 kmGreat Barrier ReefAustralia · 1981NaturalKomodo National Park, Indonesia1494 kmKomodo National ParkIndonesia · 1991Natural
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