Marine World Heritage Sites

Marine World Heritage is a prestigious list of 43 marine ecosystems and biodiversity treasures. Recognition of marine World Heritage only began in 1981 with the inscription of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park to the World Heritage List. The two new sites mark an important milestone in the World Heritage Marine Programme’s mission to protect the highest quality and most iconic natural and cultural sites for future generations.

Explore All Marine World Heritage Sites

Visit Marine World Heritage sites in the "Explore the Ocean" layer. Requires downloading free Google Earth software. Coming later in 2011: A guided Google Earth "tour" of Marine World Heritage sites.
Travel to new depths with Google Ocean Showcase
View photographs and read a bit about each of the marine World Heritage sites.
Click on an image below to learn more about a site.
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West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord, Norway Wadden Sea, Germany & the Netherlands Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve, France Socotra Archipelago, Yemen High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago, Sweden & Finland Sundarbans, Bangladesh Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles Ujung Kulon National Park, Indonesia Komodo National Park, Indonesia Dampier and Shark Bay, Australia Heard & McDonald Islands, Australia iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa Sundarbans National Park, India Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve, Russian Federation Kluane/Wrangell-St Elias/Glacier Bay/Tashenshini-Alsek, Canada & the United States Shiretoko, Japan Ha Long Bay, Vietnam Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Philippines Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino, Mexico East Rennell, Solomon Islands Phoenix Islands Protected Area, Kiribati Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems, France Great Barrier Reef, Australia Macquarie Island, Australia World Heritage sites
 

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