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Poverty Point

Cultural World Heritage property in United States, inscribed in 2014 under criterion (iii).

Poverty Point, United States
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/15308454@N06/ Kniemla · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
United States
Year of inscription
2014
Criteria
iii
Area of property
163 ha
Location
West Carroll Parish
What it is
archaeological site, National Monument of the United States
Official website
nps.gov/popo
Reference
WHC 1435 · Wikidata Q964745

Why it is on the List

(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

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