Located at an 'extreme point' of Latitude or Longitude

Connected Sites: 7

WHS whose boundaries include the Northern/Southern/Eastern or Westernmost points of the State Party nominating it. Excluding separate "Dependent Territories" and "rocks", reefs etc . See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Earth

Connected Sites

  • Wadden Sea
    Wadden Sea
    Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2009
    3.07
    365
    11
    Rottumerplaat Is The Northernmost Point Of The Netherlands
  • Te Wahipounamu
    Te Wahipounamu
    New Zealand
    Inscribed: 1986
    4.19
    158
    11
    "West Cape Is The Westernmost Point In The Main Chain Of Islands Of New Zealand. It Is Located ... Within Fiordland National Park". Cape Lovitt On The Auckland Islands Is Further West But "Although Considered As Integral Parts Of New Zealand, (These Islands) ...Are Not Part Of Any Region Or District, But Are Instead Designated As Area Outside Territorial Authority." (Wiki)
  • Tasmanian Wilderness
    Tasmanian Wilderness
    Australia
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.93
    121
    7
    The Island Of Pedra Branca Is The Southernmost Point Of Australia Excluding Sub-Antarctic Territories. It Is A Small Island About 26 Km (16 Mi) South-South-East Of South East Cape Tasmania And Part Of The South West Np
  • St. Kilda
    St. Kilda
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.50
    30
    4
    Soay On St Kilda Is The Westernmost Point Of Uk (Counting "Rockal" As A "Rock)" . Hirta Was The Most Westerly Inhabited Point
  • Shark Bay
    Shark Bay
    Australia
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.58
    54
    2
    Steep Point Is The Westernmost Point Of The Australian Mainland
  • Rapa Nui
    Rapa Nui
    Chile
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.49
    132
    13
    Moto Nui - An Islet Off The Sw Coast Of Easter Island Is The Westernmost Point Of Chile. It Was Where The "Tangata Manu" (Bird Man) Ritual Took Place ("An Annual Competition To Collect The First Sooty Tern (Manu Tara) Egg Of The Season From The Islet Of Mtu Nui, Swim Back To Rapa Nui And Climb The Sea Cliff Of Rano Kau To The Clifftop Village Of Orongo" Wiki)
  • Curonian Spit
    Curonian Spit
    Lithuania, Russia
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.30
    193
    7
    The Westernmost Point Of Lithuania Is Sw Of Nida On The Frontier With Russia (Kaliningrad)