Natural sites

Discover the 257* natural and mixed sites on the World Heritage List 

The World Heritage List comprises 1153 properties of Outstanding Universal Value. Natural sites represent about 23% of this list, including 39 mixed (both cultural and natural) sites and 218 natural sites.

Photo: IUCN World Heritage Programme *The map shows all natural World Heritage sites up to 2020.

Below, you can find all natural and mixed World Heritage sites in alphabetical order. To learn more about each site, click on the links for detailed information from the IUCN World Heritage Outlook website.

You can also search the sites geographically through the World Database on Protected Areas, using ProtectedPlanet.net, or consult the entire World Heritage List on UNESCO's World Heritage Centre website.

Argentina

• Iguazu National Park
• Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks
• Los Alerces National Park
• Los Glaciares National Park
• Península Valdés

Albania

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
• Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region (mixed natural and cultural - transboundary site)

Algeria

• Tassili n'Ajjer (mixed natural and cultural)

Australia

• Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)
• Fraser Island
• Great Barrier Reef
• Greater Blue Mountains Area
• Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
• Heard and McDonald Islands
• Kakadu National Park (mixed natural and cultural)
• Lord Howe Island Group 
• Macquarie Island
• Ningaloo Coast
• Purnululu National Park
• Shark Bay, Western Australia
• Tasmanian Wilderness (mixed natural and cultural)
• Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (mixed natural and cultural)
• Wet Tropics of Queensland
• Willandra Lakes Region (mixed natural and cultural)

Austria

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)

Bangladesh

• The Sundarbans

Belarus

• Białowieża Forest (transboundary site)

Belgium

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)

Belize

• Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

Benin

• W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (transboundary site)

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

• Noel Kempff Mercado National Park

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)

Botswana

• Okavango Delta

Brazil

• Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves
• Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
• Central Amazon Conservation Complex
• Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
• Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
• Iguaçu National Park
• Pantanal Conservation Area
• Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity (mixed site)

Bulgaria

• Pirin National Park
• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
• Srebarna Nature Reserve

Burkina Faso

• W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (transboundary site)

Cameroon

• Dja Faunal Reserve
• Sangha Trinational (transboundary site)

Canada

• Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
• Dinosaur Provincial Park
• Gros Morne National Park
• Joggins Fossil Cliffs
• Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (transboundary site)
• Miguasha National Park
• Mistaken Point
• Nahanni National Park
• Pimachiowin Aki (mixed natural and cultural)
• Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (transboundary site)
• Wood Buffalo National Park

Central African Republic

• Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
• Sangha Trinational (transboundary site)

Chad

• Ennedi Massif: Natural and Cultural Landscape (mixed natural and cultural)
• Lakes of Ounianga

China

• Chengjiang Fossil Site
• China Danxia
• Fanjingshan
• Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
• Hubei Shennongjia
• Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
• Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I)
• Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area (mixed natural and cultural)
• Mount Huangshan (mixed natural and cultural)
• Mount Sanqingshan National Park
• Mount Taishan (mixed natural and cultural)
• Mount Wuyi (mixed natural and cultural)
• Qinghai Hoh Xil
• Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains
• South China Karst
• Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
• Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
• Xinjiang Tianshan

Colombia

• Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar” (mixed natural and cultural)
• Los Katíos National Park
• Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary

Congo

• Sangha Trinational (transboundary site)

Costa Rica

• Area de Conservación Guanacaste
• Cocos Island National Park
• Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (transboundary site)

Côte d'Ivoire

• Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (transboundary site)
• Taï National Park
• Comoé National Park

Croatia

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
• Plitvice Lakes National Park

Cuba

• Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
• Desembarco del Granma National Park                        

Czechia

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Garamba National Park
• Kahuzi-Biega National Park
• Okapi Wildlife Reserve
• Salonga National Park
• Virunga National Park

Denmark

• Ilulissat Icefjord
• Stevns Klint

Dominica

• Morne Trois Pitons National Park

Ecuador

• Galápagos Islands
• Sangay National Park

Egypt

• Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)

Ethiopia

• Simien National Park                                                      

Finland

• High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (transboundary site)

France

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)
• Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena
• French Austral Lands and Seas
• Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
• Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems              
• Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island                                   
• Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (mixed natural and cultural - transboundary site)

Gabon

• Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (mixed natural and cultural)
• Ivindo National Park (inscribed in 2021, see UNESCO page)

Georgia

• Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands (inscribed in 2021, see UNESCO page)

Germany

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
• Messel Pit Fossil Site
• The Wadden Sea (transboundary site)

Greece

• Meteora (mixed natural and cultural)
• Mount Athos (mixed natural and cultural)

Guatemala

• Tikal National Park (mixed natural and cultural)

Guinea

• Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (transboundary site)

Honduras

• Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve

Hungary

• Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (transboundary site)

Iceland

• Surtsey
• Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice

India

• Great Himalayan National Park
• Kaziranga National Park
• Keoladeo National Park
• Khangchendzonga National Park (mixed natural and cultural)
• Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
• Sundarbans National Park
• Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
• Western Ghats

Indonesia

• Komodo National Park
• Lorentz National Park
• Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
• Ujung Kulon National Park

Iraq

• The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities (mixed natural and cultural)

Iran

• Hyrcanian Forests
• Lut Desert

Italy

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)
• Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
• Monte San Giorgio (transboundary site)
• Mount Etna
• The Dolomites

Japan

• Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (inscribed in 2021, see UNESCO page)
• Ogasawara Islands
• Shirakami-Sanchi
• Shiretoko
• Yakushima

Jamaica

• Blue and John Crow Mountains (mixed natural and cultural)

Jordan

• Wadi Rum Protected Area (mixed natural and cultural)

Kazakhstan

• Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan
• Western Tien-Shan (transboundary site)

Kenya

• Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
• Lake Turkana National Parks
• Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest

Kiribati

• Phoenix Islands Protected Area

Korea, Republic of

• Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats (inscribed in 2021, see UNESCO page)
• Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes

Kyrgyzstan

• Western Tien-Shan (transboundary site)

Lesotho

• Maloti-Drakensberg Park (mixed natural and cultural - transboundary site)

Madagascar

• Rainforests of the Atsinanana
• Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve

Malawi

• Lake Malawi National Park

Malaysia

• Gunung Mulu National Park
• Kinabalu Park

Mali

• Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (mixed natural and cultural)

Mauritania

• Banc d'Arguin National Park

Mexico

• Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche (mixed natural and cultural)
• Archipiélago de Revillagigedo
• El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
• Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
• Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
• Sian Ka'an
• Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica (mixed natural and cultural)
• Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino

Mongolia

• Uvs Nuur Basin (transboundary site)
• Landscapes of Dauria (transboundary site)

Montenegro

• Durmitor National Park

Namibia

• Namib Sand Sea

Nepal

• Chitwan National Park
• Sagarmatha National Park

Netherlands

• The Wadden Sea (transboundary site)

New Zealand

• New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
• Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
• Tongariro National Park (mixed natural and cultural)

Niger

• Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
• W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (transboundary site)

North Macedonia

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)
• Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region (mixed natural and cultural - transboundary site) (extended in 2019, see UNESCO page)

Norway

• West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord

Palau

• Rock Islands Southern Lagoon (mixed natural and cultural)

Panama

• Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection
• Darien National Park
• Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (transboundary site)

Peru

• Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu Huascarán National Park
• Manú National Park
• Río Abiseo National Park (mixed natural and cultural)

Philippines

• Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
• Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
• Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Poland

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)
• Białowieża Forest (transboundary site)

Portugal

• Laurisilva of Madeira

Romania

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
• Danube Delta

Russian Federation

• Central Sikhote-Alin (extended in 2018, see UNESCO page)
• Golden Mountains of Altai
• Lake Baikal
• Landscapes of Dauria (transboundary site)
• Lena Pillars Nature Park
• Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
• Putorana Plateau
• Uvs Nuur Basin (transboundary site)
• Virgin Komi Forests
• Volcanoes of Kamchatka
• Western Caucasus

Saint Lucia

• Pitons Management Area

Senegal

• Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
• Niokolo-Koba National Park

Seychelles

• Aldabra Atoll
• Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

Slovakia

• Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (transboundary site)
• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)

Slovenia

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
• Škocjan Caves

Solomon Islands

• East Rennell

South Africa

• Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
• Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
• iSimangaliso Wetland Park
• Maloti-Drakensberg Park (mixed natural and cultural - transboundary site)
• Vredefort Dome

Spain

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)
• Doñana National Park
• Garajonay National Park
• Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture (mixed natural and cultural)
• Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (mixed natural and cultural - transboundary site)
• Teide National Park

Sri Lanka

• Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
• Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Sudan

• Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park

Suriname

• Central Suriname Nature Reserve

Sweden

• High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (transboundary site)
• Laponian Area (mixed natural and cultural)

Switzerland

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site, see UNESCO page 2021 extension)
• Monte San Giorgio (transboundary site)
• Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
• Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona                                                                                                       

Tajikistan

• Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs)

Tanzania, United Republic of

• Kilimanjaro National Park
• Ngorongoro Conservation Area (mixed natural and cultural)
• Selous Game Reserve
• Serengeti National Park

Thailand

• Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex
• Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (inscribed in 2021, see UNESCO page)
• Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries

Tunisia

• Ichkeul National Park

Turkey

• Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (mixed natural and cultural)
• Hierapolis-Pamukkale (mixed natural and cultural)

Uganda

• Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Ukraine

• Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (transboundary site)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

• Dorset and East Devon Coast
• Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
• Gough and Inaccessible Islands
• Henderson Island
• St Kilda (mixed natural and cultural)

United States of America

• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• Everglades National Park
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
• Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (transboundary site)
• Mammoth Cave National Park
• Olympic National Park
• Papahānaumokuākea (mixed natural and cultural)
• Redwood National and State Parks
• Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (transboundary site)
• Yellowstone National Park
• Yosemite National Park                                                                                                    

Uzbekistan

• Western Tien-Shan (transboundary site)

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

• Canaima National Park

Viet Nam

• Ha Long Bay
• Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
• Trang An Landscape Complex (mixed natural and cultural)

Yemen

• Socotra Archipelago

Zambia

• Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (transboundary site)

Zimbabwe

• Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
• Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls