New Caledonian Barrier Reef
| New Caledonia lagoons: reef diversity and associated ecosystems | |
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UNESCO world heritage 
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| Satellite image of the New Caledonian Barrier Reef |
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 France
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| Type: | nature |
| Criteria : | vii, ix, x |
| Reference No .: | 1115 |
| UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 2008 (session 32) |
The New Caledonian Barrier Reef is a coral reef located in the French Pacific Territory of New Caledonia . It is the second largest double barrier reef in the world after the Australian Great Barrier Reef .
The reef surrounds Grande Terre , the main island of New Caledonia, as well as the Île des Pins and other smaller islands to the south . Its total length is about 1500 km and it encloses an area of about 24,000 km². Inside the reef, the sea is around 25 m deep on average.
In 2008, UNESCO recognized the New Caledonian lagoons as a World Heritage Site with the designation of reef diversity and associated ecosystems . It was particularly pointed out that there are the most diverse reef structures in the world.
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Historic city centers:
Episcopal city of Albi (2010) |
Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles (1981) |
Papal Palace , Cathedral and Avignon Bridge (1995) |
Bordeaux , Port de la Lune (2007) |
Carcassonne (1997) |
Le Havre (2005) |
Lyon (1998) |
Stanislas, de la Carrière and d'Alliance squares in Nancy (1983) |
Seine River from Paris (1991) |
Provins , city of medieval fairs (2001) |
Strasbourg: from Grande-Île to New Town (1988, 2017) |
Vézelay abbey church and hill (1979)
Structures: Fontenay Abbey (1981) | Saint-Savin Abbey (1983) | Belfries in Belgium and France (2005) | Canal du Midi (1996) | The architectural work of Le Corbusier (2016) | Vauban's fortifications (2008) | Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains and Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (1982) | Amiens Cathedral (1981) | Bourges Cathedral (1992) | Chartres Cathedral (1979) | Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay (1979) | Pont du Gard (1985) | Notre Dame Cathedral, former Saint-Remi Abbey and Palais du Tau in Reims (1991) | Fontainebleau Castle and its Park (1981) | Palace and Park of Versailles (1979) | Orange Theater and Arc de Triomphe (1981)
Archaeological sites:
Chauvet grotto near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc (2014) |
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps (2011) |
Vézère valley: sites and cave paintings (1979)
Cultural and natural landscapes: Nord-Pas de Calais mining area (2012, K) | District Saint-Emilion (1999 K) | Causses and Cevennes (2011, K) | Climats - vineyards in Burgundy (2015, K) | French Southern and Antarctic Lands (2019, N) | Way of the pilgrims in France (1998, K) | Gulf of Porto: Piana Calanche, Gulf of Girolata and Scandola Nature Reserve (1983, N) | Mont Perdu (1997, K / N) | New Caledonia lagoons (2008, N) | Loire Valley - Between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire (2000, K) | Taputapuātea (2017, K) | Volcanic landscape on La Réunion (2010, N) | Vineyards, wine houses and wine cellars of Champagne (2015, K)