Lagoons
WHS which include lagoons.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Ahwar of Southern Iraq | Eridu was originally located in a lagoon | |
| Aldabra Atoll | ||
| Atlantic Forest South-East | ||
| Belize Barrier Reef | ||
| Brazilian Atlantic Islands | Atol das Rocas "Isolated and pristine atoll with large lagoon". | |
| Butrint | Lake Butrint is a saltwater lagoon | |
| Chinchorro Culture | In the area surrounding the mouth of the Camarones River, current surface run-off conditions generate a small lagoon adjacent to the beach area, where the wetlands are located. (Chinchorro Culture Nomination Text, p. 130) | |
| Curonian Spit | The Curonian Spit divides the Curonian Lagoon from the sea. Parts of the lagoon are within the inscribed area. | |
| Danube Delta | Includes, inter alia, the Razelm-Sinoie lagoon Complex which "comprises several large backinsh lagoons separated from the sea by a sandbar" (AB eval) | |
| Dorset and East Devon Coast | The body of water behind Chesil Beach is called "The Fleet Lagoon" | |
| East Rennell | ||
| Ferrara | The lagoons of Comacchio (1999 AB Ev) | |
| Galapagos Islands | ||
| Great Barrier Reef | ||
| Henderson Island | ||
| Ibiza | On Espalmador, the largest islet, there is an enclosed inland lagoon. These lagoons have long been used commercially as salt pans. (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Ichkeul National Park | ||
| Island of Saint-Louis | The entire settlement is situated in a magnificent lagoon formed by the two arms of the Senegal River (AB ev) | |
| Lagoons of New Caledonia | ||
| Lençóis Maranhenses National Park | "temporary and permanent lagoons" (AB ev) | |
| Namib Sand Sea | Sandwich Harbour | |
| Okavango Delta | ||
| Papahanaumokuakea | ||
| Peninsula Valdes | ||
| Phoenix Islands | There are three atoll islands with associated lagoons (AB ev) | |
| Rock Islands | surrounded by a lagoon (AB ev) | |
| Sanganeb | The nominated property and its surrounding area include reef systems (13 different bio-physiographic reef zones in SMNP), atoll, lagoon .. (AB ev) | |
| Shark Bay | Shark Bay's "attractions are also supplemented by secondary features such as Shell Beach, Big Lagoon and the Zuytdorp Cliffs which combine to add even further interest to the area" | |
| Sian Ka'an | Many coastal lagoons e.g search for lagoon in this UN document | |
| Socotra Archipelago | Several - Nom file mentions inter alia Qalansiya, Suq and Diduah Lagoons and the former is an important bird watching location | |
| Taputapuātea | ||
| Tubbataha Reefs | "Classic atoll reef with an altitude of 2m to 100m deep with associated lagoon of 24m deep." | |
| Venice and its Lagoon | ||
| Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino | two lagoons - Ojo de Liebre and San Ignacio |
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