List of UNESCO World Heritage in America

This page lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the double continent of America, sorted by state . More detailed representations with a brief description and pictures of the world heritage sites can be found in the linked overview articles on the world heritage of the individual states.

The number at the beginning of each line indicates the year the site was added to the World Heritage List.
Sites of the world cultural heritage are marked with " K ", sites of the world natural heritage with " N ", mixed sites with " K / N ".
World Heritage sites that UNESCO has classified as particularly endangered and entered on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger are also marked with an " R ".

Antigua and Barbuda

2016 - Antigua naval shipyard and associated archaeological sites (K)

Argentina

1981 - Los Glaciares National Park (N)
1984 - Iguazú National Park (N)
1984 - The Jesuit reductions of the Guaraní : San Ignacio Miní , Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana , Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria la Mayor (K, transnational with Brazil)
1999 - Valdés Peninsula (N)
1999 - Cueva de las Manos , Río Pinturas (K)
2000 - Ischigualasto and Talampaya Natural Parks (N)
2000 - Jesuit Block and Estanzias of Córdoba (K)
2003 - Quebrada de Humahuaca (K)
2014 - Qhapaq Ñan - Andean road system (K, transnational with Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru)
2016 - The architectural work of Le Corbusier (K, transnational), from Argentina the Casa Curutchet
2017 - Los Alerces National Park (N)

Barbados

2011 - Historic Bridgetown and Garrison (K)

Belize

1996 - Belize Barrier Reef Nature Reserve (K)

Bolivia

Samaipata

1987 - Potosí , city and silver mines (K, R )
1990 - Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos (K)
1991 - Old town of Sucre (K)
1998 - Pre-Columbian fortress Samaipata (K)
2000 - Noel Kempff National Park Mercado (N)
2000 - Pre-Columbian ruins of Tiahuanaco (K)
2014 - Qhapaq Ñan , Andean road system (K, transnational with Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru)

Brazil

Congress building in Brasilia

1980 - Old town of Ouro Preto (K)
1982 - Old Town of Olinda (K)
1983/1984 - The Jesuit reductions of the Guaraní : Ruins of São Miguel das Missões (K, transnational with Argentina)
1985 - Historic Center of Salvador da Bahia (K)
1985 - Pilgrimage church "Bom Jesus de Matosinhos" in Congonhas (K)
1986 - Iguaçu National Park (N)
1987 - capital Brasília (K)
1991 - Serra da Capivara National Park with rock carvings (K)

1997 - Historic city center of São Luís (K)

1999 - Historic Center of Diamantina (K)

Pantanal wetland

1999 - Mata Atlântica of the Costa do Descobrimento (N)
1999 - Southeast Mata Atlântica (N)
2000 - Central Amazon protected area with Jaú National Park (N)
2000 - The protected area of the Pantanal wetland (N)
2001 - Historic Center of Goiás Velho (K)
2001 - National parks Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas (N)
2001 - Fernando de Noronha Island Reserve / Rocas Atoll (N)
2010 - São Francisco Square of São Cristóvão (K)
2012 - Rio de Janeiro : Carioca landscape between mountains and sea (K)
2016 - Modernist building ensemble from Pampulha (K)
2017 - Valongo-Kai Archaeological Site (K)
2019 - Paraty and Ilha Grande - Culture and Biodiversity (C / N)

Chile

Wooden church of Santa María de Loreto in Achao

2000 - wooden churches of Chiloé (K)

2003 - Historic quarter of the port city of Valparaíso (K)

2005 - The Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works in the Atacama Desert (K)

2006 - Sewell copper mining town (K)

2014 - Qhapaq Ñan , Andean road system (K, transnational with Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru)

Chile also has a World Heritage Site outside of America.

Costa Rica

1983 - Talamanca Mountains and La Amistad National Park (N)
1997 - Cocos Islands National Park (N)
1999 - Protected areas in Guanacaste : National parks Santa Rosa , Guanacaste and Rincón de la Vieja (N)
2014 - Pre-Columbian settlements and stone balls of the Diquis (K)

Denmark

Ilulissat Icefjord

2004 - Ilulissat Icefjord on Greenland (N)
2017 - Kujataa on Greenland: a Nordic and Inuit agricultural landscape on the edge of the ice sheet (K)
2018 - Aasivissuit - Nipisat. Inuit hunting grounds between ice and sea (K)

Dominica

1997 - Morne Trois Pitons National Park (N)

Dominican Republic

1990 - Historic old town of Santo Domingo (K)

Ecuador

Bartolome Island in the Galapagos Islands

1978 - Galapagos Islands (N)
1978 - Quito Old Town (K)
1983 - Sangay National Park (N)
1999 - Historic Center of Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca (K)
2014 - Qhapaq Ñan , Andean road system (K, transnational with Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Peru)

El Salvador

1993 Ruins of Joya de Cerén (K)

Guatemala

Quiriguá

1979 - Antigua Guatemala (K)
1979 - Tikal National Park (K / N)
1981 - Mayan ruins and Quiriguá Archaeological Park (K)

Haiti

1982 - Historical National Park with the La Ferrière citadel , Sans Souci Palace and the Ramiers ruins (K)

Honduras

Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve

1980 - Mayan ruins of Copán (K)
1982 - Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (N, R )

Jamaica

2015 - Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (C / N)

Canada

Reconstructed Viking house in L'Anse aux Meadows

1978 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site (K)
1978 - Nahanni National Park Reserve (N)
1979 - Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta (N)
1979 - Kluane National Park and (1994) Tatshenshini Alsek Provincial Park (N)

1981 - SGaang Gwaii in Haida Gwaii (K)

1981 - Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (K)

1983 - Wood Buffalo National Park (N)

1984 - Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks , contiguous national and provincial parks in the Canadian part of the Rocky Mountains (N)

1985 - Old Québec (K)

Rideau Canal

1987 - Gros Morne National Park (N)
1995 - old town of Lunenburg (K)
1995 - Waterton Lakes National Park (N), (part of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park )
1999 - Miguasha National Park (N)
2007 - Rideau Canal (K)
2008 - Joggins Fossil Cliffs (N)
2012 - Grand Pré Cultural Landscape (K)
2013 - Red Bay (K)
2016 - Mistaken Point (N)
2018 - Pimachiowin Aki (K / N)

Colombia

Burial chamber in Tierradentro

1984 - Port, fortifications and monuments of the city of Cartagena (K)
1994 - Los Katíos National Park (N)
1995 - Historic Center of Santa Cruz de Mompox (K)
1995 - Tierradentro Archaeological Park (K)
1995 - San Agustín Archaeological Park (K)
2006 - Malpelo Island and Nature Reserve (N)
2011 - Coffee cultural landscape (K)
2014 - Qhapaq Ñan - Andean road system (K, transnational with Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru)

Cuba

Plaza Vieja in Old Havana

1982 - Old town and fortifications of Havana (K)
1988 - Trinidad and the Valle de los Ingenios (K)
1997 - Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca in Santiago de Cuba (K)
1999 - Desembarco del Granma National Park (N)
1999 - Valle de Viñales cultural landscape (K)
2000 - Archaeological landscape of the first coffee plantations in southeast Cuba (K)
2001 - Alexander von Humboldt National Park (N)
2005 - Historic city center of Cienfuegos (K)
2008 - Historic city center of Camagüey (K)

Mexico

Teotihuacan

1987 - Historic Center of Mexico City and Xochimilco (K)
1987 - Pre-Columbian city of Palenque and National Park (K)
1987 - Pre-Columbian city of Teotihuacán (K)
1987 - Old town Oaxaca and the ruins of Monte Albán (K)
1987 - Historic Center of Puebla (K)
1987 - Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (N)
1988 - Guanajuato Historical Center and Mines (K)
1988 - Ruins of Chichén Itzá (K)
1991 - Old town of Morelia (K)

Franciscan monastery of Calpan

1992 - Pre-Columbian city of El Tajín (K)

1993 - El Vizcaíno lagoon (K)

1993 - old town of Zacatecas (K)

1993 - Rock carvings in the Sierra de San Francisco (K)

1994 - Monasteries on Popocatépetl (K)

1996 - Pre-Columbian city of Uxmal (K)

1996 - Monument ensemble of Querétaro (K)

1997 - Hospice Cabañas in Guadalajara (K)

1998 - Tlacotalpan Monuments (K)

1998 - Archaeological Sites of Paquimé (K)

1999 - Xochicalco Archaeological Site (K)

1999 - Campeche historical fortress

2002 - Mayan city of Calakmul (K)

2003 - Franciscan mission in the Sierra Gorda in Querétaro

2004 - House and studio Casa Barragán (K)

El Pinacate

2005 - Islands and Protected Areas in the Gulf of California (N, R )
2006 - Agave landscape and tequila production facilities near Tequila (K)
2007 - Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (K)
2008 - Walled City of San Miguel de Allende and the Sanctuary of Jesus de Nazareno de Atotonilco
2008 - Mariposa Monarca Biosphere Reserve (N)
2010 - Silver Route El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (K)
2010 - Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla (K)
2013 - El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (N)
2015 - Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque (K)
2016 - Revillagigedo Islands (N)

Nicaragua

Leon Cathedral

2000 - ruins of León Viejo (K)
2011 - Cathedral of León (K)

Netherlands

1997 - Port and city center of Willemstad (K) on the island of Curaçao

Panama

La Amistad National Park

1980 - Fortifications on the Caribbean coast in Panama: Portobelo - San Lorenzo (K, R )
1981 - Darién National Park (N)
1990 - La Amistad National Park (N)
1997 - Archaeological Sites of the Old City and the Historic Center of Panama City (K)
2005 - Coiba National Park and Protected Marine Areas (N)

Paraguay

1993 - Jesuit reductions La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangüe (K)

Peru

Machu Picchu

1983 - City of Cuzco (K)
1983 - Inca mountain fortress Machu Picchu (K / N)
1985 - Sanctuary of Chavín de Huántar (K)
1985 - Huascarán National Park (N)
1986 - Chan Chan ruined city (K, R )
1987 - Manu National Park (N)
1988 - old town of Lima with Franciscan monastery (K)
1990 - Río Abiseo National Park with archaeological sites (C / N)
1994 - Lines and floor drawings of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana (K)
2000 - Historic city center of Arequipa (K)
2009 - Holy City Caral-Supe (K)
2014 - Qhapaq Ñan , Andean road system (K, transnational with Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia)

St. Kitts and Nevis

Brimstone Hill Fortress

1999 - Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park (K)

St. Lucia

2004 - Pitons Nature Reserve (N)

Suriname

Central Suriname Nature Reserve

2000 - Central Suriname Nature Reserve (N)
2002 - Historic downtown of Paramaribo (K)

Uruguay

1995 - Historic old town of Colonia del Sacramento (K)
2015 - industrial landscape by Fray Bentos (K)

Venezuela

1993 - Coro old town (K, R )
1994 - Canaima National Park (N)
2000 - University City of Caracas (K)

United States

Mesa Verde

1978 - Mesa Verde (K)
1978 - Yellowstone National Park (N)
1979 - Grand Canyon National Park (N)
1979 - (R) Everglades National Park (N)
1979 - Independence Hall (K)
1979 Wrangell St. Elias National Park and Glacier Bay National Park (1992) (N)
1980 - Redwood National Park (N)
1981 - Mammoth Cave National Park (N)
1981 - Olympic National Park (N)
1982 - Historic Site of Cahokia Mounds (K)
1983 - Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N)

Carlsbad Caverns

1983 - La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico (K)
1984 - Statue of Liberty (K)
1984 - Yosemite National Park (N)
1987 - Monticello and University of Virginia at Charlottesville (K)
1987 - Chaco Culture Historical National Park (K)
1992 - Taos Pueblo (K)
1995 - Carlsbad Caverns National Park (N)
1995 - Glacier National Park (as part of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park ) (N)
2014 - Monumental earthworks of Poverty Point (K)
2015 - The Missions in San Antonio (K)
2019 - The Architecture of the 20th Century by Frank Lloyd Wright (K)

The United States also has World Heritage Sites outside of America.

United Kingdom

2000 - City of St. George’s in Bermuda (K)

Web links

Wikivoyage: World Heritage / America - Travel Guide

UNESCO database with extensive descriptions of the individual sites ( English , French )