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Natural World Heritage sites

239 of the 1268 properties on the List are natural — inscribed only under criteria (vii)–(x).

45 sites

Africa

Site	Country	Year	Type	Criteria
Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve in danger	Niger	1991	Natural	vii ix x
Aldabra	Seychelles	1982	Natural	vii ix x
Bale Mountains National Park	Ethiopia	2023	Natural	vii x
Bijagos Archipelago Biosphere Reserve	Guinea-Bissau	2025	Natural	ix x
Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape in danger	South Sudan	2026	Natural	vii ix x
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	Uganda	1994	Natural	vii x
Cape Floristic Kingdom	South Africa	2004	Natural	ix x
Comoé National Park	Côte d'Ivoire	1983	Natural	ix x
Dja Faunal Reserve	Cameroon	1987	Natural	ix x
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary	Senegal	1981	Natural	vii x
Garamba National Park in danger	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1980	Natural	ix x
Gola-Tiwai complex	Sierra Leone	2025	Natural	ix x
iSimangaliso Wetland Park	South Africa	1999	Natural	vii ix x
Ivindo National Park	Gabon	2021	Natural	ix
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park in danger	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1980	Natural	x
Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley	Kenya	2011	Natural	vii ix x
Kilimanjaro National Park	Tanzania	1987	Natural	vii
Lake Malawi National Park	Malawi	1984	Natural	vii ix x
Lake Turkana National Parks in danger	Kenya	1997	Natural	viii x
Lakes of Ounianga	Chad	2012	Natural	vii
Makhonjwa Mountains	South Africa	2018	Natural	viii
Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas	Zimbabwe	1984	Natural	vii ix x
Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park in danger	Central African Republic	1988	Natural	ix x
Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls	Zimbabwe Zambia	1989	Natural	vii viii
Mount Kenya National Park	Kenya	1997	Natural	vii ix
Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve in danger	Côte d'Ivoire Guinea	1981	Natural	ix x
Namib Sand Sea	Namibia	2013	Natural	vii viii ix x
Niokolo-Koba National Park	Senegal	1981	Natural	x
Nyungwe Forest	Rwanda	2023	Natural	x
Odzala National Park	Republic of the Congo	2023	Natural	ix x
Okapi Wildlife Reserve in danger	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1996	Natural	x
Okavango Delta	Botswana	2014	Natural	vii ix x
Rainforests of the Atsinanana	Madagascar	2007	Natural	ix x
Rwenzori Mountains National Park	Uganda	1994	Natural	vii x
Salonga National Park	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1984	Natural	vii ix
Sangha Trinational	Cameroon Republic of the Congo Central African Republic	2012	Natural	ix x
Selous Game Reserve in danger	Tanzania	1982	Natural	ix x
Serengeti National Park	Tanzania	1981	Natural	vii x
Simien Mountains National Park	Ethiopia	1978	Natural	vii x
Taï National Park	Côte d'Ivoire	1982	Natural	vii x
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve	Madagascar	1990	Natural	vii x
Vallée de Mai	Seychelles	1983	Natural	vii viii ix x
Virunga National Park in danger	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1979	Natural	vii viii x
Vredefort crater	South Africa	2005	Natural	viii
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex	Benin Burkina Faso Niger	1996	Natural	ix x

8 sites

Arab States

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Site	Country	Year	Type	Criteria
Aqaba Marine Reserve	Jordan	2026	Natural	ix x
Banc d'Arguin National Park	Mauritania	1989	Natural	ix x
Ichkeul National Park	Tunisia	1980	Natural	x
Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park	Sudan	2016	Natural	vii ix x
Socotra Archipelago	Yemen South Yemen	2008	Natural	x
'Uruq Bani Ma'arid	Saudi Arabia	2023	Natural	vii ix x
Wadi Al-Hitan	Egypt	2005	Natural	viii
Wadi Wurayah	United Arab Emirates	2026	Natural	ix

72 sites

Asia and the Pacific

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Site	Country	Year	Type	Criteria
Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island	Japan	2021	Natural	x
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)	Australia	1994	Natural	viii ix
Badain Jaran Desert	China	2024	Natural	vii viii
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2010	Natural	ix x
Chengjiang Fossil Site	China	2012	Natural	viii
China Danxia	China	2010	Natural	vii viii
Chitwan National Park	Nepal	1984	Natural	vii ix x
Cold Winter Deserts of Turan	Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Turkmenistan	2023	Natural	ix x
Dasht-e Lut	Iran	2016	Natural	vii viii
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex	Thailand	2005	Natural	x
East Rennell in danger	Solomon Islands	1998	Natural	ix
Fanjingshan	China	2018	Natural	x
Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats	South Korea	2021	Natural	x
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia	Australia	1986	Natural	viii ix x
Great Barrier Reef	Australia	1981	Natural	vii viii ix x
Great Himalayan National Park	India	2014	Natural	x
Greater Blue Mountains Area	Australia	2000	Natural	ix x
Gunung Mulu National Park	Malaysia	2000	Natural	vii viii ix x
Ha Long Bay	Vietnam	1994	Natural	vii viii
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Australia	1997	Natural	viii ix
Hoh Xil	China	2017	Natural	vii x
Huanglong	China	1992	Natural	vii
Hubei Shennongjia	China	2016	Natural	ix x
Hyrcanian Forests	Iran Azerbaijan	2019	Natural	ix
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes	South Korea	2007	Natural	vii viii
Jiuzhaigou Valley	China	1990	Natural	vii
Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex	Thailand	2021	Natural	x
Kaziranga National Park	India	1985	Natural	ix x
Kevladev National Park	India	1985	Natural	x
K'gari	Australia	1992	Natural	vii viii ix
Kinabalu Park	Malaysia	2000	Natural	ix x
Komodo National Park	Indonesia	1991	Natural	vii x
Landscapes of Dauria	Mongolia Russia	2017	Natural	ix x
Lord Howe Island Group	Australia	1982	Natural	vii x
Lorentz National Park	Indonesia	1999	Natural	viii ix x
Macquarie Island	Australia	1997	Natural	vii viii
Manas National Park	India	1985	Natural	vii ix x
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I)	China	2019	Natural	x
Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary	Philippines	2014	Natural	x
Mount Sanqing	China	2008	Natural	vii
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks	India	1988	Natural	vii x
New Zealand Subantarctic Islands	New Zealand	1998	Natural	ix x
Ningaloo Reef	Australia	2011	Natural	vii x
Ogasawara Archipelago	Japan	2011	Natural	ix
Pamir National Park	Tajikistan	2013	Natural	vii viii
Phoenix Islands Protected Area	Kiribati	2010	Natural	vii ix
Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park	Vietnam	2003	Natural	viii ix x
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park	Philippines	1999	Natural	vii x
Purnululu National Park	Australia	2003	Natural	vii viii
Sagarmatha National Park	Nepal	1979	Natural	vii
Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	2008	Natural	ix x
Shark Bay	Australia	1991	Natural	vii viii ix x
Shirakami-Sanchi	Japan	1993	Natural	ix
Shiretoko	Japan	2005	Natural	ix x
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries	China	2006	Natural	x
Sinharaja Forest Reserve	Sri Lanka	1988	Natural	ix x
South China Karst	China	2007	Natural	vii viii
Sundarbans National Park	India	1987	Natural	ix x
Sundarbans Reserved Forest	Bangladesh	1997	Natural	ix x
Te Wahipounamu	New Zealand	1990	Natural	vii viii ix x
Three Parallel Rivers National Park	China	2003	Natural	vii viii ix x
Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary	Thailand	1991	Natural	vii ix x
Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve	Tajikistan	2023	Natural	ix
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra in danger	Indonesia	2004	Natural	vii ix x
Tubbataha Reef	Philippines	1993	Natural	vii ix x
Ujung Kulon National Park	Indonesia	1991	Natural	vii x
Western Ghats	India	2012	Natural	ix x
Western Tian Shan	Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan	2016	Natural	x
Wet Tropics of Queensland	Australia	1988	Natural	vii viii ix x
Wulingyuan	China	1992	Natural	vii
Xinjiang Tianshan	China	2013	Natural	vii ix
Yakushima	Japan	1993	Natural	vii ix

75 sites

Europe and North America

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Site	Country	Year	Type	Criteria
Aeolian Islands	Italy	2000	Natural	viii
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe	Germany Slovakia Ukraine+15	2007	Natural	ix
Anticosti	Canada	2023	Natural	viii
Białowieża Forest	Poland Belarus	1979	Natural	ix x
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site	Canada	1984	Natural	vii viii
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	United States	1995	Natural	vii viii
Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst	Slovakia Hungary	1995	Natural	viii
Central Sikhote-Alin	Russia	2001	Natural	x
Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena	France	2018	Natural	viii
Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands	Georgia	2021	Natural	ix x
Danube Delta	Romania Ukraine	1991	Natural	vii x
Dinosaur Provincial Park	Canada	1979	Natural	vii viii
Doñana National Park	Spain	1994	Natural	vii ix x
Durmitor National Park	Montenegro	1980	Natural	vii viii x
Etna Park	Italy	2013	Natural	viii
Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines	Italy	2023	Natural	viii
Everglades National Park in danger	United States	1979	Natural	viii ix x
Flow Country	United Kingdom	2024	Natural	ix x
French Southern and Antarctic Lands nature reserve	France	2019	Natural	vii ix x
Garajonay National Park	Spain	1986	Natural	vii ix
Giant's Causeway	United Kingdom	1986	Natural	vii viii
Glarus thrust	Switzerland	2008	Natural	viii
Golden Mountains of Altai	Russia	1998	Natural	x
Gough and Inaccessible Islands	United Kingdom	1995	Natural	vii x
Grand Canyon National Park	United States	1979	Natural	vii viii ix x
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	United States	1983	Natural	vii viii ix x
Gros Morne National Park	Canada	1987	Natural	vii viii
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve	France	1983	Natural	vii viii x
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park	United States	1987	Natural	viii
Henderson Island	United Kingdom	1988	Natural	vii x
High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago	Finland Sweden	2000	Natural	viii
Ilulissat Icefjord	Greenland	2004	Natural	vii viii
Joggins Fossil Cliffs	Canada	2008	Natural	viii
Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area	Switzerland	2001	Natural	vii viii ix
Jurassic Coast	United Kingdom	2001	Natural	viii
Kluane / Wrangell – St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek	Canada United States	1979	Natural	vii viii ix x
Lake Baikal	Russia Soviet Union	1996	Natural	vii viii ix x
Laurisilva of Madeira	Portugal	1999	Natural	ix x
Lena Pillars	Russia Soviet Union	2012	Natural	viii
Mammoth Cave National Park	United States	1981	Natural	vii viii x
Messel pit	Germany	1995	Natural	viii
Miguasha National Park	Canada	1999	Natural	viii
Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve	Canada	2016	Natural	viii
Møns Klint	Denmark	2025	Natural	viii
Monte San Giorgio	Switzerland	2003	Natural	viii
Nahanni National Park Reserve	Canada	1978	Natural	vii viii
New Caledonia Barrier Reef	France	2008	Natural	vii ix x
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge	United States	2026	Natural	ix x
Olympic National Park	United States	1981	Natural	vii ix
Pirin National Park	Bulgaria	1983	Natural	vii viii ix
Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island	France	2010	Natural	vii x
Plitvice Lakes National Park	Croatia	1979	Natural	vii viii ix
Putorana Plateau	Russia Soviet Union	2010	Natural	vii ix
Redwood National and State Parks	United States	1980	Natural	vii ix
Škocjan Caves	Slovenia	1986	Natural	vii viii
Srebarna Nature Reserve	Bulgaria	1983	Natural	x
Stevns Klint	Denmark	2014	Natural	viii
Surtsey	Iceland	2008	Natural	ix
Teide National Park	Spain	2007	Natural	vii viii
The Bony Fish Fossils of the Western Limfjord – Evolution and Climate Adaptation in the Earliest Eocene	Denmark	2026	Natural	viii
The Dolomites	Italy	1998	Natural	vii viii
Uvs Nuur Basin	Russia Mongolia	2003	Natural	ix x
Vatnajökull National Park	Iceland	2019	Natural	viii
Virgin Komi Forests	Russia	1995	Natural	vii ix
Vjetrenica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2024	Natural	vii x
Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique	France	2023	Natural	viii x
Volcanoes of Kamchatka	Russia	1996	Natural	vii viii ix x
Wadden Sea	Denmark Germany Netherlands	2009	Natural	viii ix x
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park	Canada United States	1995	Natural	vii ix
West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord	Norway	2005	Natural	vii viii
Western Caucasus	Russia	1999	Natural	ix x
Wood Buffalo National Park	Canada	1983	Natural	vii ix x
Yellowstone National Park	United States	1978	Natural	vii viii ix x
Yosemite National Park	United States	1984	Natural	vii viii
Zapovednik Wrangel Island	Russia Soviet Union	2004	Natural	ix x

39 sites

Latin America and the Caribbean

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Site	Country	Year	Type	Criteria
Alexander von Humboldt National Park	Cuba	2001	Natural	ix x
Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site	Costa Rica	1999	Natural	ix x
Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves	Brazil	1999	Natural	vii ix x
Belize Barrier Reef	Belize	1996	Natural	vii ix x
Canaima National Park	Venezuela	1994	Natural	vii viii ix x
Cavernas do Peruaçu Environmental Protection Area	Brazil	2025	Natural	vii viii
Central Amazon Conservation Complex	Brazil	2000	Natural	ix x
Central Suriname Nature Reserve	Suriname	2000	Natural	ix x
Cocos Island National Park	Costa Rica	1997	Natural	ix x
Coiba	Panama	2005	Natural	ix x
Darién National Park	Panama	1981	Natural	vii ix x
Desembarco del Granma National Park	Cuba	1999	Natural	vii viii
Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves	Brazil	1999	Natural	ix x
El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve	Mexico	2013	Natural	vii viii x
Galapagos Islands	Ecuador	1978	Natural	vii viii ix x
Huascarán National Park	Peru	1985	Natural	vii viii
Iguaçu National Park	Brazil	1986	Natural	vii x
Iguazú National Park World Heritage Site	Argentina	1984	Natural	vii x
Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks	Argentina	2000	Natural	viii
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California in danger	Mexico	2005	Natural	vii ix x
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park	Brazil	2024	Natural	vii viii x
Los Alerces National Park	Argentina	2017	Natural	vii x
Los Glaciares National Park	Argentina	1981	Natural	vii viii
Los Katíos National Park	Colombia	1994	Natural	ix x
Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary	Colombia	2006	Natural	vii ix
Manu National Park	Peru	1987	Natural	ix x
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve	Mexico	2008	Natural	vii
Morne Trois Pitons National Park	Dominica	1997	Natural	viii x
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	Bolivia	2000	Natural	ix x
Pantanal	Brazil Bolivia Paraguay	2000	Natural	vii ix x
Pitons	Saint Lucia	2004	Natural	vii viii
Revillagigedo Islands	Mexico	2016	Natural	vii ix x
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve in danger	Honduras	1982	Natural	vii viii ix x
Rocas Atoll	Brazil	2001	Natural	vii ix x
Sangay National Park	Ecuador	1983	Natural	vii viii ix x
Sian Ka'an	Mexico	1987	Natural	vii x
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves	Costa Rica Panama	1983	Natural	vii viii ix x
Valdes Peninsula	Argentina	1999	Natural	x
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino	Mexico	1993	Natural	x

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