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Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino

NaturalRef. 554

Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino

Natural World Heritage property in Mexico, inscribed in 1993 under criterion (x).

Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino, Mexico — Photo: José Eugenio Gómez Rodríguez · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

State Party: Mexico
Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Year of inscription: 1993
Type: Natural
Criteria: x
Area of property: 3,696 km²
What it is: group of protected areas
Component parts: 2 (serial property)
Reference: WHC 554 · Wikidata Q12201148

Why it is on the List

(x)The most important natural habitats for conserving biological diversity, including threatened species.

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