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MixedRef. 985

Maloti-Drakensberg Park

Mixed World Heritage property in Lesotho and South Africa, inscribed in 2000 under criteria (i), (iii), (vii), (x).

Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Lesotho
Photo: Francesco Bandarin · CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Wikimedia Commons
AmbohimangaCape Floristic KingdomCradle of HumankindGreat ZimbabweHuman Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy SitesiSimangaliso Wetland ParkKhamiKhomani Cultural LandscapeMakhonjwa MountainsMaloti-Drakensberg ParkMana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari AreasMapungubwe Cultural LandscapeMatobo HillsMulanje MassifNamib Sand SeaOkavango DeltaRichtersveldRobben IslandThe Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene occupation sites of South AfricaTsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature ReserveTsodiloTwyfelfonteinVredefort crater29.466° S, 29.394° E
States Parties
LesothoSouth Africa
Region
Africa
Year of inscription
2000
Type
Mixed
Criteria
iiiiviix
Area of property
2,493 km²
What it is
cultural heritage, natural heritage
Founded or built
2013
Component parts
2 (serial property)
Mountain range
Drakensberg
Reference
WHC 985 · Wikidata Q6744547

Why it is on the List

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(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.

Vredefort crater, South Africa331 kmVredefort craterSouth Africa · 2005NaturaliSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa344 kmiSimangaliso Wetland ParkSouth Africa · 1999NaturalCradle of Humankind, South Africa425 kmCradle of HumankindSouth Africa · 1999CulturalHuman Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites, South Africa442 kmHuman Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy SitesSouth Africa · 2024CulturalMapungubwe Cultural Landscape, South Africa807 kmMapungubwe Cultural LandscapeSouth Africa · 2003Cultural826 kmMakhonjwa MountainsSouth Africa · 2018Natural
2000

Also inscribed in 2000

All of 2000

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