Marine sites

Connected Sites: 23

Sites which are predominantly "marine" - defined as the marine (M) area being greater than the terrestrial (T) area of the site.

Connected Sites

  • Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.68
    31
    6
    370000h. All (almost?) of this area is marine. But the documentation is difficult to assess since it still includes the massive terrestrial area originally proposed for inclusion but which was excluded following the Bureau meeting in 1993
  • Phoenix Islands
    Inscribed: 2010
    1.74
    3
    0
  • Sanganeb
    Inscribed: 2016
    3.04
    5
    1
  • Galapagos Islands
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.60
    114
    9
    133000 sq kms M (after extension in 2001), 76651 sq kms T
  • Wadden Sea
    Wadden Sea
    Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2009
    3.06
    292
    11
  • Tubbataha Reefs
    Tubbataha Reefs
    Philippines
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.06
    13
    5
    Total area 33200h. There are only 2 "islets" at .3h and 800 sq m - the rest is reef and sea
  • Marquesas Islands
    Inscribed: 2024
    3
    0
    3,151 sq km marine, 307 sq km terrestrial (map in AB ev)
  • Great Barrier Reef
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.20
    184
    8
    Total inscribed area of almost 35million h. Exact ratio of terrestrial - marine not stated but must be significantly scewed towards "marine".
  • Inscribed: 2019
    4
    0
    66,530,100 ha M, 766,900 ha T
  • Cordouan Lighthouse
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.00
    44
    5
  • Surtsey
    Surtsey
    Iceland
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.72
    43
    9
  • St. Kilda
    St. Kilda
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.50
    26
    4
    The archipelago was originally inscribed with a land area of 854.6 ha. The 2004 extension to cover Cultural Criteria and an extra Natural criterion added a marine area of 23,346.8 ha. giving a total marine area of c 96%
  • Rock Islands
    Inscribed: 2012
    4.00
    32
    6
    UNESCO map states "Percentage Marine 95% Land 5%"
  • Papahanaumokuakea
    Papahanaumokuakea
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.11
    8
    1
  • Ningaloo Coast
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.48
    38
    4
    total nominated area of 708,350 hectares contains interconnected marine (71%) and terrestrial (29%) values and features (AB ev)
  • Lagoons of New Caledonia
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.53
    30
    2
  • High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.82
    107
    5
    "Note that about 71% of the property is sea" - Retrospective Statement of OUV
  • Gough and Inaccessible Islands
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.55
    8
    3
    390000h M (after extension in 2004), 7900h T
  • Cocos Island
    Costa Rica
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.85
    6
    2
    977 sq kms M, 24 sq kms T
  • Brazilian Atlantic Islands
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.21
    17
    4
    a terrestrial area of 1,190ha and a marine area of 9,580ha
  • Belize Barrier Reef
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.56
    119
    11
    Total inscribed area 96000h. The only "terrestrial areas" are reefs since island areas along the reef have been excluded.
  • Archipiélago de Revillagigedo
    Inscribed: 2016
    3.66
    4
    1
  • Vegaøyan
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.56
    43
    6
    6881 ha of land within a total area of 107294 ha.