List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas - Definition and Overview

This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in North America, South America, and the Caribbean.

Argentina

• Cueva de las Manos, Rio Pinturas
• Iguaçú National Park, home of Iguaçú Falls
• Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks
• Jesuit Block and Estancias of Cordoba of Cordoba
• Los Glaciares
• Peninsula Valdes
• Quebrada de Humahuaca

Argentina/Brazil

• Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis

Belize

• Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

Bermuda

• Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda

Bolivia

• City of Potosí
• Fuerte de Samaipata
• Historic City of Sucre
• Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
• Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
• Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture

Brazil

• Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves
• Brasília
• Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
• Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks
• Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
• Historic Centre of Sao Luis
• Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
• Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina
• Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás
• Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda
• Historic Town of Ouro Preto
• Iguacu National Park
• Jaú National Park
• Pantanal Conservation Area
• Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
• Serra da Capivara National Park

Canada

• Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
• Dinosaur Provincial Park
• Gros Morne National Park
• Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
• Historic District of Québec
• Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek (partially in the USA)
• L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
• Miguasha Provincial Park
• Nahanni National Park
• Old Town Lunenburg
• SGaang Gwaii (Anthony Island)
• Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (union of Waterton Lakes (Canada) and Glacier (USA) parks)
• Wood Buffalo National Park

Chile

• Churches of Chiloé
• Rapa Nui National Park on Rapa Nui (Moais)
• Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso

Colombia

• Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox
• Los Katios National Park
• National Archaeological Park of Tierradentro
• Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
• San Agustín Archaeological Park

Costa Rica

• Area de Conservación Guanacaste
• Cocos Island National Park
• Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves/La Amistad National Park (partially in Panama)

Cuba

• Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
• Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the Southeast of Cuba
• Desembarco del Granma National Park
• Old Havana and its Fortifications
• San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba
• Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
• Viñales Valley

Dominica

• Morne Trois Pitons National Park

Dominican Republic

• Colonial City of Santo Domingo

Ecuador

• City of Quito
• Galápagos Islands
• Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca
• Sangay National Park

El Salvador

• Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site

Guatemala

• Antigua Guatemala
• Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
• Tikal National Park

Greenland (Denmark)

• Ilulissat Icefjord

Haiti

• National History Park -- Citadel, Sans-Souci, Ramiers

Honduras

• Maya Site of Copán
• Río Platano Biosphere Reserve

Mexico

• Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche
• Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
• Archeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
• Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatépetl
• Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
• Historic Centre of Morelia
• Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
• Historic Centre of Puebla
• Historic Centre of Zacatecas
• Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
• Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
• Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
• Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
• Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara
• Luis Barragán House and Studio
• Pre-Hispanic City of El Tajín
• Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
• Pre-Hispanic City of Chichén Itzá
• Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
• Pre-Hispanic City of Uxmal
• Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
• Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve, Quintana Roo
• Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
• Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro

Netherlands Antilles

• Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

Nicaragua

• Ruins of León Viejo

Panama

• Darien National Park
• Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves/La Amistad National Park (partially in Costa Rica)
• Fortifications on the Caribbean side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo
• The Historic District of Panamá, with the Salón Bolivar

Paraguay

• Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Parana and Jesus de Tavarangue

Peru

• Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
• Chavin (Archaeological site)
• City of Cuzco
• Historic Centre of Lima
• Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
• Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa
• Huascaran National Park
• Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana
• Manu National Park
• Rio Abiseo National Park

Puerto Rico

• La Fortaleza- The Governor's Mansion
• El Morro- Spanish Colonial Era Fortification

Saint Lucia

• Pitons Management Area

Suriname

• Central Suriname Nature Reserve
• Historic Inner City of Paramaribo

United States

• Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• Chaco Culture National Historical Park
• Everglades National Park
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
• Independence Hall
• Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek (partially in Canada)
• Mammoth Cave
• Mesa Verde
• Monticello and University of Virginia in Charlottesville
• Olympic National Park
• Pueblo de Taos
• Redwood National Park
• Statue of Liberty
• Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (union of Waterton Lakes (Canada) and Glacier (USA) parks)
• Yellowstone
• Yosemite National Park

Uruguay

• Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento

Venezuela

• Canaima National Park
• Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas
• Coro and its Port

See also

• List of World Heritage Sites in Africa
• List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia
• List of World Heritage Sites in Europe

External links

• UNESCO World Heritage Sites (http://www.unesco.org/whc) - Official site
• UNESCO World Heritage Centre (http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31) - Official site
• List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (http://whc.unesco.org/heritage.htm) - Official site
• VRheritage.org (http://www.vrheritage.org) - documentation of World Heritage Sites