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Liberty Island

Cultural World Heritage property in United States, inscribed in 1984 under criteria (i), (vi).

Liberty Island, United States
Photo: Don Ramey Logan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnticostiCahokiaGrand-PréGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkGros Morne National ParkHopewell Ceremonial EarthworksIndependence HallJoggins Fossil CliffsL'Anse aux MeadowsLiberty IslandMammoth Cave National ParkMiguasha National ParkMistaken Point Ecological ReserveMonticello and the University of Virginia in CharlottesvilleOkefenokee National Wildlife RefugeOld QuebecOld Town LunenburgPimachiowin AkiPoverty PointRed Bay National Historic SiteRideau Canal World Heritage SiteSt George and Related FortificationsThe 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright40.690° N, 74.045° W
State Party
United States
Year of inscription
1984
Criteria
ivi
Area of property
6.0 ha
Location
Manhattan
What it is
island, heritage site
Elevation
2 m
Next to
Upper New York Bay
Reference
WHC 307 · Wikidata Q319821

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.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Independence Hall, United States125 kmIndependence HallUnited States · 1979CulturalThe 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, United States468 kmThe 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd WrightUnited States · 2019CulturalMonticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, United States484 kmMonticello and the University of Virginia in CharlottesvilleUnited States · 1987CulturalRideau Canal World Heritage Site, Canada499 kmRideau Canal World Heritage SiteCanada · 2007CulturalHopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, United States715 kmHopewell Ceremonial EarthworksUnited States · 2023CulturalOld Quebec, Canada717 kmOld QuebecCanada · 1985Cultural
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