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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. The first three sites, the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu National Park and the Willandra Lakes, were inscribed in 1981.

Each year, the World Heritage Committee may inscribe new sites on the list, or delist sites that that no longer meet the criteria. Selection is based on ten criteria: six for cultural heritage (i–vi) and four for natural heritage (vii–x). Some sites, designated "mixed sites", represent both cultural and natural heritage. In Oceania there are # cultural, # natural and # mixed sites. UNESCO may also specify that a site is in danger, stating "conditions which threaten the very characteristics for which a property was inscribed on the World Heritage List." None of the sites in Oceania are officially classified as endangered by the Committee.

List

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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
	Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)	AustraliaQueensland/ South Australia,  Australia	Natural:AustraliaAap (viii), (ix)	10,300	25,000	1992
	Australian Convict Sites	Australia Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap (iv), (vi)	1,503	3,710	2010	Eleven locations: Cockatoo Island Convict Site, Great North Road, Hyde Park Barracks and Old Government House in New South Wales; Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area in Norfolk Island; Brickendon and Woolmers Estates, Cascades Female Factory, Coal Mines Historic Site, Darlington Probation Station and Port Arthur in Tasmania; and Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
	Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site	MarshallRalik Chain,  Marshall Islands	Cultural:MarshallAap (iv), (vi)	0.97	2.4	2010
	Chief Roi Mata's Domain	VanuatuShefa,  Vanuatu	Cultural:VanuatuAap (iii), (v), (vi)	0.00	0	2008
	East Rennell	SolomonsRennell and Bellona,  Solomon Islands	Natural:SolomonsAap (ix)	37,000	91,000	1998
	Fraser Island	AustraliaQueensland,  Australia	Natural:AustraliaAap (vii), (viii), (ix)	184,000	450,000	1992
	Gondwana Rainforests of Australia	AustraliaQueensland/New South Wales,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	1986
	Great Barrier Reef	AustraliaQueensland,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	1981
	Greater Blue Mountains Area	AustraliaNew South Wales,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	2000
	Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park	UnitedStatesHawaiʻi,  United States	Cultural:UnitedStatesAap	0.00	0	1987
	Heard and McDonald Islands	AustraliaHeard and McDonald Islands,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	1997
	Henderson Island	UnitedKingdomPitcairn Islands,  United Kingdom	Cultural:UnitedKingdomAap	0.00	0	1988
	Kakadu National Park	AustraliaNorthern Territory,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	1981
	Kuk Early Agricultural Site	PapuaNewGuineaWestern Highlands,  Papua New Guinea	Cultural:PapuaNewGuineaAap	0.00	0	2008
	Lagoons of New Caledonia	PapuaNewGuineaNew Caledonia,  France	Cultural:PapuaNewGuineaAap	0.00	0	2008
	Lord Howe Island Group	AustraliaNew South Wales,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	1982
	Macquarie Island	AustraliaTasmania,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	1997
	New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands	New ZealandOutlying Islands,  New Zealand	Cultural:NewZealandAap	0.00	0	1998	Includes the Bounty Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands and Campbell Islands and The Snares.
	Ningaloo Coast	AustraliaWestern Australia,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	2011
	Phoenix Islands Protected Area	KiribatiPhoenix Islands,  Kiribati	Cultural:KiribatiAap	0.00	0	2010
	Purnululu National Park	AustraliaWestern Australia,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	2003
	Rapa Nui National Park	ChileIsla de Pascua,  Chile	Cultural:ChileAap	0.00	0	1995
	Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens	AustraliaVictoria,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	2004
	Shark Bay	AustraliaWestern Australia,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	1991
	Sydney Opera House	AustraliaNew South Wales,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	2007
	Tasmanian Wilderness	AustraliaTasmania,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	1982
	Te Wahipounamu	New ZealandSouth Island,  New Zealand	Cultural:NewZealandAap	0.00	0	1990	Includes Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, Westland Tai Poutini National Park, Mount Aspiring National Park and Fiordland National Park.
	Tongariro National Park	New ZealandRuapehu,  New Zealand	Cultural:NewZealandAap	0.00	0	1990
	Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park	AustraliaNorthern Territory,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	1987
	Wet Tropics of Queensland	AustraliaQueensland,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	1988
	Willandra Lakes Region	AustraliaNew South Wales,  Australia	Cultural:AustraliaAap	0.00	0	1981

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References

1. World Heritage Committee. "The Criteria for Selection". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
2. World Heritage Committeee. "World Heritage List Nominations". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
3. World Heritage Committeee. "World Heritage in Danger". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
4. World Heritage Committeee. "The List in Danger". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
5. World Heritage Committee. "Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
6. World Heritage Committee. "Australian Convict Sites". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
7. World Heritage Committee. "Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
8. World Heritage Committee. "Chief Roi Mata's Domain". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
9. World Heritage Committee. "East Rennell". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
10. World Heritage Committee. "Fraser Island". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
11. ,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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