List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas
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This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in North America, South America, and the Caribbean.
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Argentina
- Cueva de las Manos, Rio Pinturas
- Iguazú National Park, home of Iguassu Falls
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Cordoba of Cordoba
- Los Glaciares National Park
- Peninsula Valdés
- Quebrada de Humahuaca
Argentina/Brazil
Belize
- Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
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
- 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 Easter Island (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
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)
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, 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 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
- San Juan National Historic Site
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 Sitesno:Verdensarven i Nord- og Sør-Amerika
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