Largest area

Connected Sites: 5

WHS with the greatest inscribed surface area (Excluding Buffer Zones but including marine areas) - over 100,000 sq kms.

Connected Sites

  • Phoenix Islands
    Phoenix Islands
    Kiribati
    Inscribed: 2010
    1.74
    3
    0
    "The Affirmative Decision Makes Pipa The Largest And Deepest World Heritage Site In The World, Covering An Ocean Territory More Than 408,000 Km2 (Nearly 250,000 Mi2, Or Roughly The Size Of California) And 6000 Meters Deep."
  • Great Barrier Reef
    Great Barrier Reef
    Australia
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.21
    241
    8
    344,400 Sq Kms
  • Galapagos Islands
    Galapagos Islands
    Ecuador
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.62
    141
    9
    133,000 Sq Kms
  • French Austral Lands and Seas
    France
    Inscribed: 2019
    5
    0
    672.979 Square Km
  • Papahanaumokuakea
    Papahanaumokuakea
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.11
    8
    1
    "The Vote Also Establishes The First Mixed World Heritage Site In The Nation, Which Covers An Area Of Nearly 140,000 Square Miles" (362,600km2)