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A World Heritage Site is a location that is listed by UNESCO as having outstanding cultural or natural value to the common heritage of humanity. The World Heritage Committee has designated 31 World Heritage Sites in Oceania. These are in 11 countries, with the majority of sites being located in Australia. None of the sites in Oceania are officially classified as "endangered" by the Committee.
List
Sites in Oceanic portions of Chile and the United States are included both in this list and in the list of sites in the Americas. Overseas sites of France and the United Kingdom included in this list are also repeated in the list of sites in Europe.
| Image | Site | Location | Criteria | Area (ha) |
Area (acre) |
Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site | MarshallRalik Chain, Marshall Islands |
Cultural:MarshallAap (iv), (vi) |
0.97 | 2.4 | 2010 |
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- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh/Naracoorte) (1992)
- Australian Convict Sites (eleven locations) (2010)
- Chief Roi Mata’s Domain (2008)
- East Rennell (1998)
- Fraser Island (1992)
- Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (1986)
- Great Barrier Reef (1981)
- Greater Blue Mountains Area (2000)
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (1987)
- Heard and McDonald Islands (1997)
- Henderson Island (1988)
- Kakadu National Park (1981)
- Kuk Early Agricultural Site (2008)
- Lagoons of New Caledonia (2008)
- Lord Howe Island Group (1982)
- Macquarie Island (1997)
- New Zealand sub-antarctic islands (Snares Islands, Bounty Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands and Campbell Islands) (1998)
- Ningaloo Coast (2011)
- Phoenix Islands Protected Area (2010)
- Purnululu National Park (2003)
- Rapa Nui National Park (1995)
- Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (2004)
- Shark Bay (1991)
- Sydney Opera House (2007)
- Tasmanian Wilderness (1982)
- Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand (Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, Westland/Tai Poutini National Park, Mount Aspiring National Park and Fiordland National Park) (1990)
- Tongariro National Park (1990)
- Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (1987)
- Wet Tropics of Queensland (1988)
- Willandra Lakes Region (1981)
Australia map
Great Barrier ReefKakadu National ParkUluru-Kata Tjuta National ParkShark BayFraser IslandNaracoorte Caves National ParkRiversleighMacquarie IslandGreater Blue Mountains AreaPurnululu National ParkCarlton GardensSydney Opera HouseNingaloo Reefclass=notpageimage| Location of World Heritage Sites within Australia
References
- World Heritage Committee. "The Criteria for Selection". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
- World Heritage Committee. "Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ,Ningaloo Coast designated as a World Heritage Site.
External links
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Official site
- List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Official site
- Worldheritage-Forum - Information and Weblog on World Heritage Issues
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