LIST OF WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN THE AMERICAS

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

Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas

Iguazú National Park, home of Iguazu Falls

Ischigualasto Provincial Park and Talampaya National Park.

Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba in Córdoba

Los Glaciares National Park

Península Valdés

Quebrada de Humahuaca

Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Miní, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa María Mayor (plus São Miguel das Missões in Brazil)
==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 São Luís

★ 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

Iguaçu National Park

Jaú National Park

Pantanal Conservation Area

★ Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas

Serra da Capivara National Park

Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: Ruins of São Miguel das Missões in Rio Grande do Sul (shared with Argentina)
==Canada==

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

Dinosaur Provincial Park

Gros Morne National Park

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Historic District of Quebec City

Kluane-Wrangell-St. Elias-Glacier Bay-Tatshenshini-Alsek (partially in the USA)

L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site

Miguasha National Park

Nahanni National Park

Niagara Escarpment (UNESCO Biosphere Reserve)

Old Town Lunenburg

Rideau Canal

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 Easter Island (Moais)

★ Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso

Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works

Sewell Mining Town
==Colombia==

★ Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox

Los Katios National Park

Malpelo Island Fauna and Flora Sanctuary

★ 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

La Amistad International Park (shared with Panama)
==Cuba==

Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt

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

★ Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos

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 Cerén Archaeological Site
==Guatemala==

Antigua Guatemala

★ Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua

Tikal National Park
==Greenland (Denmark)==

Ilulissat Icefjord
==Haiti==

National History Park

Citadelle Laferrière,

Sans-Souci Palace Ruins

Ramiers
==Honduras==

Maya Site of Copán

Río Platano Biosphere Reserve
==Mexico==

Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila

★ Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche

★ Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco

★ Archeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua

★ Campus of the National University UNAM in Mexico City

★ Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl

★ Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco

★ Historic Centre of Morelia, Michoacán

★ Historic Centre of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán

★ Historic Centre of Puebla, Puebla

★ Historic Centre of Zacatecas, Zacatecas

★ Historic Fortified Town of Campeche, Campeche

★ Historic Monuments Zone of Santiago de Querétaro

★ Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan

★ Historic Town of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, and Adjacent Mines

Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Jalisco

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 Sierra de San Francisco

Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve, Quintana Roo

Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino

Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro

★ Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
==Netherlands Antilles==

★ Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles
==Nicaragua==

★ Ruins of León Viejo
==Panama==

Coiba

Darién National Park

La Amistad International Park (shared with 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 Cusco

Historic centre of Lima

★ Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu

★ Historic centre of the City of Arequipa

Huascaran National Park

★ Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca and Pampas de Jumana

Manu National Park

Rio Abiseo National Park
==Puerto Rico==

La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site
==Saint Kitts and Nevis==

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
==Saint Lucia==

Pitons Management Area
==Suriname==

Central Suriname Nature Reserve

★ Historic Inner City of Paramaribo
==United States==

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site - Illinois

Carlsbad Caverns National Park - New Mexico

Chaco Culture - New Mexico

Everglades National Park - Florida

Grand Canyon National Park - Arizona

Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Tennessee and North Carolina

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - Hawaii

Independence Hall - Pennsylvania

Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek Park - Alaska, British Columbia, and Yukon Territory, Canada

Mammoth Cave - Kentucky

Mesa Verde National Park - Colorado

Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville - Virginia

Olympic National Park - Washington

Redwood National Park - California

Statue of Liberty - New York

Pueblo de Taos - New Mexico

Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (union of Waterton Lakes (Canada) and Glacier (U.S.) parks) - Montana & Alberta, Canada

Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming and extends into Montana and Idaho

Yosemite National Park - California
==Uruguay==

★ Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento
==Venezuela==

Canaima National Park

Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas, designed by Carlos Raúl Villanueva

Coro and its Port

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External links

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 - Official site

UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Official site

List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Official site

VRheritage.org - documentation of World Heritage Sites

Worldheritage-Forum - Information and Weblog on World Heritage Issues



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