Cultural sites taking up an entire island

Connected Sites: 52

Definition
Cultural WHS, or significant parts thereof, that take up one or more entire islands.

Map

Connected Sites

  • Trogir
    Trogir
    Croatia
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.06
    287
    8
  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.51
    615
    19
  • Reichenau
    Reichenau
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.61
    184
    10
  • Robben Island
    Robben Island
    South Africa
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.63
    122
    9
  • Strasbourg
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.52
    398
    10
  • Mont-Saint-Michel
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.17
    334
    17
  • Delos
    Delos
    Greece
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.44
    108
    4
  • Island of Mozambique
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.10
    16
    5
  • Island of Saint-Louis
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.07
    44
    2
  • Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.98
    313
    12
    Islands of Palmeria,Tino and Tinetto
  • St. Petersburg
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.19
    270
    9
    Schlisselburg
  • St. George, Bermuda
    St. George, Bermuda
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.68
    35
    4
    Castle Island Fortifications
  • Bikini Atoll
    Bikini Atoll
    Marshall Islands
    Inscribed: 2010
    0
    0
  • Stralsund and Wismar
    Inscribed: 2002
    2.79
    222
    11
    Stralsund: "Unique in Stralsund is the island location, unchanged since the 13th century, between the Strelasund and the ponds on the land side, which were dammed soon after the town was founded."
  • Karlskrona
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.25
    113
    6
    Trosso Island, and many fortified islands including Kungsholms Fort in Kralskrona archipelago
  • Old City of Acre
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.24
    159
    6
    The inscribed area of Akko extends into the sea and includes the small island in the harbour on which the "Tower of Flies"/El Manara Lighthouse was built (see top centre of introductory photo on this site)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Inscribed: 2012
    3.62
    197
    6
    The inscribed area of Rio contains 2 islands fully within it: a. Ilha da Laje (or "Slab" island) b. Ilha de Cotunduba
  • Dutch Water Defence Lines
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.46
    293
    16
    Pampus Island
  • Saloum Delta
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.86
    37
    4
    "Together with a great many bolons or brackish channels,they form a dense network encompassing over 200 main islands and islets" (AB eval)
  • Chief Roi Mata's Domain
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.16
    20
    5
    The whole of Artok Island
  • Kunta Kinteh Island
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.07
    44
    5
    The 7 components include Kunta Kinteh Island, an island in the Gambia River
  • Fortress of Suomenlinna
    Inscribed: 1991
    2.91
    296
    7
  • Dubrovnik
    Dubrovnik
    Croatia
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.08
    388
    15
    Lokrum
  • Inscribed: 2025
    3.08
    4
    2

    Suvarnadurg and Sindhudurg Forts
  • Birka and Hovgarden
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.28
    110
    9
    The map of this site in the AB review seems to show that the entire island of Bjorko is inscribed.
  • Okinoshima Island
    Inscribed: 2017
    2.34
    46
    5
    Okinoshima Island is fully included (except for the landing pier)
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.67
    321
    12
    Pfalzgrafenstein island castle
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Syracuse
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.59
    247
    8
    Ortygia
  • St. Kilda
    St. Kilda
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.50
    26
    4
  • Statue of Liberty
    Statue of Liberty
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.29
    517
    19
  • Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.03
    267
    7
    Speicherstadt covers several islands
  • Solovetsky Islands
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.43
    22
    2
  • SGang Gwaay
    Inscribed: 1981
    2.90
    8
    4
  • Sceilg Mhichíl
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.84
    90
    8
  • Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.58
    44
    6
    Among several completely inscribed islands is Saddle Island which contains the "Try-works" (furnaces for rendering whale oil from blubber) of the whaling station and other cultural remains.
  • Rapa Nui
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.49
    111
    13
    3 small offshore islands associated with the Birdman cult - Mota Nui, Motu Iti and Moto Kau Kau
  • Prague
    Prague
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.28
    588
    16
    Kampa Island
  • Potsdam
    Potsdam
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.52
    373
    10
    Berlin Pfaueninsel
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    683
    20
    Ile de la cite and Ile de Saint Louis
  • Nubian Monuments
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.21
    206
    12
    Philae Temple Island
  • Nan Madol
    Nan Madol
    Micronesia
    Inscribed: 2016
    3.53
    16
    7
    on a series of 99 artificial islets (AB ev)
  • Medina of Essaouira
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.15
    184
    6
    Ile d'Essouaria containing the prison - offshore from the Medina.
  • Kulangsu
    Inscribed: 2017
    2.94
    72
    5
  • Elephanta Caves
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.05
    116
    7
  • Bolgar
    Bolgar
    Russia
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.26
    34
    5
    It also integrates early parts of a Volga Bolgar settlement located ... on the closest Volga island. (AB ev)
  • Australian Convict Sites
    Inscribed: 2010
    2.67
    184
    13
    Cockatoo Island
  • Aasivissuit - Nipisat
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.43
    21
    4
    Nipisat Island
  • Bamberg
    Bamberg
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.56
    280
    11
    The Centre of Bamberg occupies an entire island between 2 branches of the river Regnitz. Furthermore - the Town Hall is situated on and occupies an ENTIRE different island ON ITS OWN!
  • Talayotic Menorca
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.93
    50
    4
    Illa d'en Colom (Nomination file, p. 160)
  • Schwerin Residence Ensemble
    Inscribed: 2024
    2.85
    119
    5
    Schwerin Castle is situated on Schlossinsel. (wiki)
  • Vegaøyan
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.56
    43
    6
    this applies to the second biggest island of Sola plus the many smaller islands and skerries rather than to Vega itself.
  • Island of Gorée
    Inscribed: 1978
    2.89
    68
    3