On National Border
WHS that are located on national borders (but are not transboundary). "Nation" here refers to one of the 203 sovereign states as named in List of Sovereign States.
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Al Ain | With Oman | |
Ani | Between Turkey and Armenia | |
Armenian Monastic Ensembles | St Stepanos and Darrasham Chapel reach to the Araxes river, the border between Iran and Azerbaijan | |
Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" | Jordan/Israel | |
Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains | South African border with Swaziland | |
Bassari Country | Location 001 - Bassari Salémata borders Guinea to the South. | |
Battir | According to the maps of the nomination file Battir lies on the Palestinian-Israeli border. | |
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | On DRC border | |
Canaima National Park | On borders with Brasil and Guyana | |
Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin | Bet Guvrin: Israel - Palestine | |
Chitwan National Park | On India border | |
Darien National Park | On Colombia border | |
Djoudj | On Mauritania border | |
Dong Phayayen | Location 004 - Ta Phraya National Park runs along the Thai-Cambodia frontier | |
Elvas | With Spain | |
Fray Bentos | Border with Argentina | |
Garamba National Park | On South Sudan border | |
Golden Mountains of Altai | On borders with Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan | |
Gunung Mulu | On border with Brunei | |
Iguacu | On Argentina border | |
Iguazu National Park | On Brasil border | |
Khangchendzonga National Park | KNP shares approximately 45 kms of international border with Nepal and a shorter one with China | |
Kilimanjaro National Park | On Kenya border | |
Koguryo Kingdom | On DPR KOREA border | |
Koutammakou | On Benin border | |
Laponian Area | On Norway border | |
Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape | On Austria border | |
Los Alerces National Park | The nominated property comprises two adjoining protected areas and a 10 km buffer zone of 135,870 ha which surrounds the property except in the west where it adjoins the border with Chile (AB ev) | |
Los Glaciares | On Chile border | |
Los Katios National Park | On Panama border | |
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley | On Spanish border | |
Mana Pools | On Zambia border | |
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary | On Bhutan border | |
Mapungubwe | On borders with Zimbabwe and Botswana | |
Niokolo-Koba National Park | On Guinea border | |
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park | On Brasil border | |
Okavango Delta | With Namibia | |
Old City of Jerusalem | Israel - Palestine | |
Phong Nha - Ke Bang | On border with Laos | |
Preah Vihear Temple | On Thailand border | |
Richtersveld | On Namibia border | |
Rome | Borders the Vatican | |
Rwenzori Mountains | On DRC border | |
Sagarmatha National Park | On China border | |
Saloum Delta | With Gambia: a. . The Wiki entry for Gambia's Niumi NP states "The park is contiguous with Senegal's Delta du Saloum National Park and Biosphere Reserve." b. The AB eval for Saloum states "it also includes the coastal marine area from the mouth of the Saloum River in the northwest,to the Gambian border in the south." | |
Serengeti | On Kenya border | |
Sundarbans National Park | On Bangladesh-India Border | |
Tajik National Park | With Kyrgyzstan | |
The Sundarbans | On Bangladesh Border | |
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng | Myanmar | |
Tugay forests | Border with Afghanistan | |
Vatican City | Border with Italy | |
Virunga National Park | On Uganda border | |
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex | On Benin and Burkina Faso border | |
Western Caucasus | On Georgia border | |
Western Tien-Shan | Elements are on the National Borders between Uzbekistan/Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan | |
Xinjiang Tianshan | With Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan | |
ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape | with Namibia and Botswana |
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