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Pimachiowin Aki

Mixed World Heritage property in Canada, inscribed in 2018 under criteria (iii), (vi), (ix).

Pimachiowin Aki, Canada
Photo: Kate Ming-Sun · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
CahokiaCanadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage SiteDinosaur Provincial ParkHead-Smashed-In Buffalo JumpHopewell Ceremonial EarthworksIndependence HallLiberty IslandMammoth Cave National ParkMesa Verde National ParkMonticello and the University of Virginia in CharlottesvillePimachiowin AkiRideau Canal World Heritage SiteThe 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd WrightWaterton-Glacier International Peace ParkWood Buffalo National ParkWriting-on-Stone Provincial ParkYellowstone National Park51.000° N, 95.000° W
State Party
Canada
Year of inscription
2018
Type
Mixed
Criteria
iiiviix
Area of property
29,040 km²
Location
Ontario, Manitoba
What it is
group of protected areas
Reference
WHC 1415 · Wikidata Q7194595

Why it is on the List

(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.(ix)An outstanding example of ongoing ecological and biological processes in ecosystems on land, in fresh water or at sea.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Dinosaur Provincial Park, Canada1154 kmDinosaur Provincial ParkCanada · 1979NaturalWriting-on-Stone Provincial Park, Canada1203 kmWriting-on-Stone Provincial ParkCanada · 2019CulturalHead-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Canada1325 kmHead-Smashed-In Buffalo JumpCanada · 1981CulturalYellowstone National Park, United States1355 kmYellowstone National ParkUnited States · 1978NaturalWaterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Canada1366 kmWaterton-Glacier International Peace ParkCanada · 1995NaturalCahokia, United States1426 kmCahokiaUnited States · 1982Cultural
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