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MixedRef. 548

Río Abiseo National Park

Mixed World Heritage property in Peru, inscribed in 1990 under criteria (iii), (vii), (ix), (x).

Río Abiseo National Park, Peru
Photo: Ti galan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Peru
Year of inscription
1990
Type
Mixed
Criteria
iiiviiixx
Area of property
2,724 km²
Location
San Martin Department
What it is
national park of Peru
Founded or built
1983
Reference
WHC 548 · Wikidata Q941412

Why it is on the List

(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.(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.
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Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

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