World Heritage in Vanuatu

The world heritage in Vanuatu (as of 2016) includes a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The oceanic island state of Vanuatu ratified the World Heritage Convention in 2002, and the only World Heritage site to date was added to the World Heritage List in 2008.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Vanuatu in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion on the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Chief Roi Mata's Domain ( location )	2008	K	1280	The area includes "all land that is visible from the highest point of Eretoka". Mangaas on the island of Efate , the former residence of Chief Roi Mata, Fels Cave, a cave with rock paintings on the island of Lelepa , the island of Eretoka (Artok), on which the burial place of Roi Mata is located, and the sea area between these are particularly protected three sites.

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list .

Current World Heritage candidates

Currently (2017) five sites are entered in the tentative list of Vanuatu, the last entry was made in 2005. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Yalo, Apialo and the Sacred Geography in Northeast Malakula	2004	K	1971	Ghost caves Yalo and Apialo in northeast Malakula
	SS President Coolidge	2004	K	1972	Wreck dive site
	Vatthe reserve	2004	N	1973	Rainforest reserve on the north coast of Espiritu Santo Island .
	Lake Letas	2004	N	1974	Crater lake in the center of the volcanic island of Gaua
	The Nowon and Votwos of Ureparapara	2005	K	2057	Architectural elements made from coral stone on the island of Ureparapara

Former World Heritage candidates

These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO. Sites that are included in other entries on the tentative list or that are part of world heritage sites are not taken into account here.

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Vanuatu volcanoes	2004-2005	N		Vanuatu has a number of volcanoes, 9 of which are still active or were in historical times.

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Vanuatu  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Vanuatu on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vanuatu. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 7, 2017 . 
2. ^ Vanuatu tentative list. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 7, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Vanuatu. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 7, 2017 . 

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