World Heritage in the Federated States of Micronesia

The World Heritage in the Federated States of Micronesia (as of 2016) includes a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The island nation of the Federated States of Micronesia in the South Pacific joined the World Heritage Convention in 2002; the only World Heritage site to date was added to the World Heritage List in 2016.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Federated States of Micronesia 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 Endangered World heritage ).

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Nan Madol - the ceremonial center of Eastern Micronesia ( location )	2016	K (R)	1503	Ruined city ​​on 92 artificially created islands on a coral reef off Temwen Island , a side island of Pohnpei in the Carolines archipelago

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 (2016) one site is entered in the tentative list of the Federated States of Micronesia, the last entry was made in 2004. 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
	Yap Islands regional stone money deposits	2004	K	1994	Sites of the stone currency Rai on the Yap Islands ( location )

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These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO.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.

 Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Ceremonial sites of the early Micronesian state: Nan Madol and Lelu	2012-2016	K	5652	Only Nan Madol was nominated and added to the World Heritage List in 2016, Lelu ( location ) not due to ambiguities in ownership and problems with protection and management. The World Heritage Committee encourages Micronesia to propose Lelu as an extension of the World Heritage Site Nan Madol after solving the problems.

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in the Federated States of Micronesia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Federated States of Micronesia on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federated States of Micronesia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 6, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of the Federated States of Micronesia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 6, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of XYZ. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 6, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Decision: 40 COM 8B.22. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 6, 2017 . 

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap