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9150April 10, 2008
- Aachen Cathedral
- Aapravasi Ghat
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
- Abbey of St Gall
- Abu Mena
- Acropolis
- Aflaj irrigation system
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
- Agra Fort
- Agrigento
- Ajanta Caves
- Aksum
- Al Ain
- Albi
- Alcala de Henares
- Aldabra Atoll
- Aleppo
- Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
- Altamira Cave
- Alto Douro
- Al Zubarah
- Ambohimanga
- Amiens Cathedral
- Amphitheater of El Jem
- Amsterdam Canal Ring
- Ancient Kyoto
- Ancient Nara
- Ancient Thebes
- Andrefana Dry Forests
- Angkor
- Angra do Heroismo
- Anjar
- Antequera Dolmens Site
- Antigua Guatemala
- Antigua Naval Dockyard
- Anuradhapura
- Aphrodisias
- Aquileia
- Arab-Norman Palermo
- Aranjuez
- Archaeological Site of Aigai
- Archaeological Site of Delphi
- Archaeological site of Philippi
- Arequipa
- Arles
- Asante Traditional Buildings
- Assisi
- Asturian Monuments
- Atapuerca
- Atlantic Forest South-East
- Auschwitz Birkenau
- Avignon
- Avila
- Ayutthaya
- Baalbek
- Bagerhat
- Bahá’i Holy Places
- Bahla Fort
- Bamberg
- Banc d'Arguin
- Ban Chiang
- Banska Stiavnica
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan"
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
- Bardejov Town
- Baroque Churches
- Bassari Country
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
- Battir
- Bauhaus Sites
- Beemster Polder
- Belem
- Belfries
- Belize Barrier Reef
- Bellinzone
- Benedictine Convent of St. John
- Berat and Gjirokastra
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
- Bethlehem
- Białowieża Forest
- Biblical Tells
- Birka and Hovgarden
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
- Blenheim Palace
- Blue and John Crow Mountains
- Bolgar
- Bordeaux
- Borobudur
- Bosra
- Botanical Garden, Padua
- Bourges Cathedral
- Boyana Church
- Brasilia
- Bridgetown
- Brimstone Hill Fortress
- Brugge
- Brú na Bóinne
- Bryggen
- Budapest
- Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
- Bukhara
- Burgos Cathedral
- Burgundy
- Bursa and Cumalikizik
- Butrint
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Byblos
- Caceres
- Cahokia Mounds
- Calakmul
- Camagüey
- Camino Real
- Campeche
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
- Canaima National Park
- Canal du Midi
- Canterbury
- Cape Floral Region
- Caral-Supe
- Carlsbad Caverns
- Cartagena
- Carthage
- Castel del Monte
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
- Çatalhöyük
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
- Causses and Cévennes
- Caves and Ice Age Art
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla
- Centennial Hall
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM
- Cerrado Protected Areas
- Cesky Krumlov
- Chaco Culture
- Chaîne des Puys
- Champagne
- Champaner-Pavagadh
- Chan Chan
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex
- Chartres Cathedral
- Chavin
- Chengjiang Fossil Site
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
- Chichen-Itza
- China Danxia
- Chitwan National Park
- Choirokoitia
- Chola Temples
- Churches and Convents of Goa
- Churches of Chiloé
- Churches of Moldavia
- Churches of Peace
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
- Cidade Velha
- Cienfuegos
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
- City of Bath
- City of Luxembourg
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou
- Classical Weimar
- Cliff of Bandiagara
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde
- Coiba National Park
- Cologne Cathedral
- Colonia del Sacramento
- Comoé National Park
- Congonhas
- Convent of Christ in Tomar
- Copán
- Cordoba
- Corfu
- Coro and its Port
- Corvey
- Costiera Amalfitana
- Crespi d'Adda
- Cuenca
- Cueva de las Manos
- Curonian Spit
- Cuzco
- Cyrene
- Dacian Fortresses
- Damascus
- Danube Delta
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
- Darien National Park
- Dazu Rock Carvings
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland
- Delos
- Dengfeng
- Derwent Valley Mills
- Desembarco del Granma National Park
- Diamantina
- Dilmun Burial Mounds
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Discovery Coast
- Divrigi
- Djémila
- Djenné
- Djoudj
- Dolomites
- Donana National Park
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai
- Dorset and East Devon Coast
- Dougga/Thugga
- Drottningholm
- Dubrovnik
- Durham Castle and Cathedral
- Durmitor National Park
- Dutch Water Defence Lines
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots
- Elephanta Caves
- El Escurial
- El Fuerte de Samaipata
- Ellora Caves
- El Tajin
- Elvas
- Engelsberg Ironworks
- Ephesus
- Epidaurus
- Etruscan Necropolises
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec
- Everglades
- Evora
- Fagus Factory
- Falun Great Copper Mountain
- Fasil Ghebbi
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Ferapontov Monastery
- Ferrara
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee
- First Coffee Plantations
- Flemish Béguinages
- Florence
- Fontainebleau
- Fort and Shalamar Gardens
- Fortifications of Vauban
- Fortified City of Carcassonne
- Fort Jesus
- Fortress of Suomenlinna
- Forts and Castles Gold Coast
- Fossil Hominid Sites
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda
- Fraser Island
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- Fujian Tulou
- Fujisan
- Galapagos Islands
- Gammelstad
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana
- Garajonay
- Garamba National Park
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz
- Gelati Monastery
- Genbaku Dome
- Genoa
- Ghadames
- Giant's Causeway
- Glacier parks
- Gobustan Rock Art
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
- Goias
- Golden Mountains of Altai
- Gondwana Rainforests
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia
- Gorham's Cave Complex
- Granada
- Grand Canal
- Grand Canyon
- Grand Place, Brussels
- Grand Pré
- Graz
- Great Barrier Reef
- Greater Blue Mountains
- Great Himalayan National Park
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Great Wall
- Great Zimbabwe
- Grimeton Radio Station
- Gros Morne National Park
- Guanacaste
- Guanajuato
- Guimarães
- Gulf of Porto
- Gunung Mulu
- Gusuku of Ryukyu
- Gwynedd Castles
- Gyeongju
- Haeinsa Temple
- Haghpat and Sanahin
- Hahoe and Yangdong
- Hallstatt-Dachstein
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
- Hampi
- Hani Rice Terraces
- Hattusha
- Hawaii Volcanoes
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
- Hedeby and Danevirke
- Henderson Island
- Heritage of Mercury
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan
- Himeji-jo
- Hiraizumi
- Historic Cairo
- Hoi An
- Holasovice
- Hollókö
- Holy Trinity Column
- Hortobágy
- Horyu-ji Area
- Hospicio Cabañas
- Huanglong
- Huangshan
- Huascaran National Park
- Hué
- Humayun's Tomb
- Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
- Hwaseong Fortress
- Ibiza
- Ichkeul National Park
- Iguacu
- Iguazu National Park
- Imperial Palace
- Imperial Tombs
- Incense Route of the Negev
- Independence Hall
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
- Ironbridge Gorge
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- Island of Gorée
- Island of Mozambique
- Island of Patmos
- Island of Saint-Louis
- Isole Eolie
- Istanbul
- Itchan Kala
- Itsukushima Shrine
- Ivrea
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
- Jantar Mantar
- Jeju
- Jelling
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
- Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus
- Jiuzhaigou Valley
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs
- Jongmyo Shrine
- Joya de Ceren
- Kaiping Diaolou
- Kairouan
- Kakadu National Park
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Kandy
- Karlskrona
- Kathmandu Valley
- Kazan Kremlin
- Kaziranga National Park
- Kenya Lake System
- Keoladeo National Park
- Kerkuane
- Kernavė
- Kew Gardens
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments
- Khami Ruins
- Kii Mountain Range
- Kilimanjaro National Park
- Kinabalu Park
- Kinderdijk
- Kizhi Pogost
- Koguryo Kingdom
- Komodo National Park
- Kondoa
- Kotor
- Kraków
- Kremlin and Red Square
- Kronborg Castle
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou
- Kunta Kinteh Island
- Kunya-Urgench
- Kutna Hora
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
- La Fortaleza and San Juan
- Lake Baikal
- Lake District
- Lake Malawi
- Lalibela
- La Lonja de la Seda
- Lamu Old Town
- Land of Frankincense
- L'Anse aux Meadows
- Laponian Area
- Las Medulas
- Laurisilva of Madeira
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
- Le Havre
- Le Morne
- Lenggong Valley
- León Cathedral
- Leptis Magna
- Lima
- Litomysl Castle
- Loire Valley
- Longmen Grottoes
- Longobards in Italy
- Lord Howe Island
- Los Glaciares
- Lower Valley of the Awash
- Luang Prabang
- Lübeck
- Luis Barragán House and Studio
- Lumbini
- Lushan National Park
- Luther Memorials
- L'viv
- Lyon
- Macao
- Machu Picchu
- Madara Rider
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
- Mahabalipuram
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex
- Major Town Houses
- Malbork Castle
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park
- Mammoth Cave
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
- Mantua and Sabbioneta
- Manu National Park
- Mapungubwe
- Margravial Opera House
- Maritime Greenwich
- Masada
- Matera
- Matobo Hills
- Maulbronn Monastery
- Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Mazagan
- Medici Villas and Gardens
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
- Medina of Essaouira
- Medina of Fez
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Medina of Sousse
- Medina of Tétouan
- Medina of Tunis
- Megalithic Temples of Malta
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan
- Meknes
- Melaka and George Town
- Mérida
- Mesa Verde
- Messel Pit
- Meteora
- Mexico City and Xochimilco
- Miguasha National Park
- Mijikenda Kaya Forests
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge
- Mining Sites of Wallonia
- Mir Castle
- Mistaken Point
- Modena
- Moenjodaro
- Mogao Caves
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
- Monastery of Alcobaça
- Monastery of Batalha
- Monastery of Geghard
- Monastery of Horezu
- Monte San Giorgio
- Monticello
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Moravian Church Settlements
- Morelia
- Morne Trois Pitons
- Mostar
- Mountain Railways of India
- Mountain Resort, Chengde
- Mount Athos
- Mount Carmel Caves
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
- Mount Etna
- Mount Kenya
- Mount Nimba
- Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan
- Mount Sanqingshan
- Mount Taishan
- Mount Wutai
- Mount Wuyi
- Mtskheta
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
- Muskauer Park
- Mycenae and Tiryns
- My Son
- Mystras
- M'Zab Valley
- Nahanni National Park
- Namhansanseong
- Namib Sand Sea
- Nancy
- Naples
- Nasca Lines
- National History Park
- Naumburg Cathedral
- Necropolis of Bet She'arim
- Nemrut Dag
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
- Neolithic Orkney
- Nessebar
- Nesvizh
- New Lanark
- Ngorongoro
- Nikko
- Niokolo-Koba National Park
- Nisa
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
- Novgorod
- Novodevichy Convent
- Nubian Monuments
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban
- Ogasawara Islands
- Ohrid Region
- Okavango Delta
- Old City of Acre
- Old City of Berne
- Old City of Jerusalem
- Old Havana
- Old Rauma
- Old Town Lunenburg
- Old Town of Galle
- Old Town of Lijiang
- Olinda
- Olympia
- Olympic National Park
- Oporto
- Orange
- Orkhon Valley
- Ouro Preto
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
- Palenque
- Palmeral of Elche
- Palmyra
- Panamá
- Pannonhalma
- Paphos
- Paquimé
- Par force hunting landscape
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Pattadakal
- Pearling
- Peking Man Site
- Peninsula Valdes
- Pergamon
- Persepolis
- Petäjävesi Old Church
- Petra
- Petroglyphs of the Mongolian Altai
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
- Pico Island
- Pienza
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies
- Ping Yao
- Pirin National Park
- Pitons Management Area
- Pitons of Reunion
- Plantin-Moretus Museum
- Plitvice Lakes
- Poblet Monastery
- Polonnaruva
- Pompei
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
- Pont du Gard
- Popocatepetl monasteries
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
- Potala Palace
- Potosi
- Potsdam
- Prague
- Prambanan
- Preah Vihear Temple
- Primeval Beech Forests
- Provins
- Puebla
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
- Pyramids (Memphis)
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
- Qadisha Valley
- Qal'at al-Bahrain
- Qalhat
- Québec
- Quebrada de Humahuaca
- Quedlinburg
- Querétaro
- Quirigua
- Quito
- Quseir Amra
- Qutb Minar
- Rabat
- Rainforests of the Atsinanana
- Rammelsberg and Goslar
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
- Rani-ki-Vav
- Rapa Nui
- Ravenna
- Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
- Red Fort
- Redwood
- Regensburg
- Reichenau
- Reims
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
- Rhaetian Railway
- Rhodes
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
- Richtersveld
- Rietveld Schröderhuis
- Riga
- Rila Monastery
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve
- Robben Island
- Rock Art of Alta
- Rock Carvings in Tanum
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
- Roman Walls of Lugo
- Rome
- Røros
- Roskilde Cathedral
- Route of Santiago de Compostela
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- Royal Palace at Caserta
- Royal Palaces of Abomey
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
- Ruins of León Viejo
- Rwenzori Mountains
- Sabratha
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Safranbolu
- Sagarmatha National Park
- Saint-Emilion
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
- Salamanca
- Saloum Delta
- Saltaire
- Salvador de Bahia
- Salzburg
- Samarkand
- Sambor Prei Kuk
- Sammallahdenmäki
- Sana'a
- San Agustín
- Sanchi
- San Cristobal de La Laguna
- Sangay National Park
- San Gimignano
- Sangiran Early Man Site
- San Marino and Mount Titano
- San Miguel de Allende
- San Pedro de la Roca Castle
- Santa Cruz de Mompox
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe
- Santa Maria delle Grazie
- Santiago de Compostela
- Santo Domingo
- São Francisco Square
- São Luis
- Sarazm
- Saryarka
- Schokland
- Schönbrunn
- Segovia
- Selimiye Mosque
- Selous Game Reserve
- Semmering Railway
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
- Serengeti
- Serra da Capivara
- Serra de Tramuntana
- Seville
- Sewell Mining Town
- SGang Gwaay
- Shakhrisyabz
- Shark Bay
- Sheki
- Shibam
- Shirakami-Sanchi
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
- Shiretoko
- Sian Ka'an
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
- Siena
- Sighisoara
- Sigiriya
- Simien National Park
- Singapore Botanic Gardens
- Sinharaja Forest
- Sintra
- Site of Xanadu
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution
- Skocjan Caves
- Skogskyrkogarden
- Solovetsky Islands
- South China Karst
- Southern Öland
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District
- Speyer Cathedral
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca
- Split
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- Stari Grad Plain
- Stari Ras and Sopocani
- Statue of Liberty
- Stevns Klint
- St. Kilda
- Stoclet House
- Stone Circles of Senegambia
- Stonehenge
- Stone Spheres of the Diquís
- Stone Town of Zanzibar
- St. Petersburg
- Stralsund and Wismar
- Strasbourg
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- Studenica Monastery
- Studley Royal Park
- Sucre
- Sukhothai
- Sulaiman-Too
- Summer Palace
- Sundarbans National Park
- Sun Temple, Konarak
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
- Sydney Opera House
- Syracuse
- Tadrart Acacus
- Taï National Park
- Taj Mahal
- Takht-i-Bahi
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves
- Tallinn
- Tanbaly
- Taos Pueblo
- Tarraco
- Tasmanian Wilderness
- Tassili n'Ajjer
- Taxila
- Tchogha Zanbil
- Teide National Park
- Telc
- Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
- Temple of Heaven
- Teotihuacan
- Tequila
- Te Wahipounamu
- Thang Long
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- The Four Lifts
- The Prosecco Hills
- Thessalonika
- The Sundarbans
- The trulli of Alberobello
- Thingvellir
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
- Three parallel rivers of Yunnan
- Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng
- Tierradentro
- Tikal National Park
- Timbuktu
- Timgad
- Tipasa
- Tiwanaku
- Tiya
- Tlacotalpan
- Tokaji Wine Region
- Toledo
- Tombs of Buganda Kings
- Tomioka Silk Mill
- Tongariro National Park
- Torun
- Tower of Hercules
- Tower of London
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen
- Trang An
- Trebic
- Trier
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
- Trinity Sergius Lavra
- Trogir
- Tropical Rainforest Sumatra
- Troy
- Tsodilo
- Tubbataha Reefs
- Tugendhat Villa
- Twyfelfontein
- Tyre
- Úbeda and Baeza
- Ujung Kulon National Park
- Uluru
- Um er-Rasas
- University of Coimbra
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- Upper Svaneti
- Urbino
- Urnes Stave Church
- Uvs Nuur Basin
- Uxmal
- Val di Noto
- Val d'Orcia
- Vall de Boi
- Vallée de Mai
- Valletta
- Valparaiso
- Van Nellefabriek
- Vatican City
- Vat Phou
- Venetian Works of Defence
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
- Verona
- Versailles
- Vézelay
- Vézère Valley
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
- Victoria Falls
- Vienna
- Vigan
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- Villa d'Este
- Villages with Fortified Churches
- Villa Romana del Casale
- Vilnius
- Viñales Valley
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont
- Virgin Komi Forests
- Visby
- Vizcaya Bridge
- Vlkolinec
- Völklingen Ironworks
- Volubilis
- Vredefort Dome
- Wachau Cultural Landscape
- Wadden Sea
- Wadi Rum
- Walled City of Baku
- Warsaw
- Wartburg Castle
- Water Management System of Augsburg
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
- Western Caucasus
- Western Ghats
- West Lake
- Westminster
- Wet Tropics of Queensland
- Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
- White City of Tel-Aviv
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Willandra Lakes
- Willemstad
- Wood Buffalo National Park
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Wudang Mountains
- Wulingyuan
- Würzburg Residence
- Xanthos-Letoon
- Xidi and Hongcun
- Xochicalco
- Yakushima
- Yaroslavl
- Yellowstone
- Yin Xu
- Yosemite National Park
- Yungang Grottoes
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries
- Zabid
- Zacatecas
- Zamość
- Zollverein
- Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape
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10April 10, 2008
Top 10 Missing
- Bagan 4.44
- Volcanoes of Kamchatka 4.31
- West Norwegian Fjords 4.21
- Ilulissat Icefjord 4.12
- Vatnajökull National Park 4.10
- Ennedi Massif 4.06
- Sub-Antarctic Islands 4.06
- Meroe 4.04
- Rock Islands 4.00
- Virunga National Park 3.99
Completed Countries
- Albania
- Andorra
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Armenia
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belize
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Cabo Verde
- Cyprus
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Finland
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Moldova
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Qatar
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- San Marino
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Sweden
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Viet Nam
- Zambia
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Legend
About Iain Jackson
- Member since
- April 2008
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #7
- WHS
- 916
- Tentative Sites
- 0
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 19
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- 8 0
- Photos
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Reviews by Iain Jackson

Mount Nimba (Inscribed)
Mount Nimba
I visited this site on Valentine's Day 1995. The weather was warm, sunny though hazy.
I based myself in the nearby town of Lola in Guinea which is about 45kms …

Desembarco del Granma Nationa… (Inscribed)
Desembarco del Granma National Park
I reached Bayamo, capital of the province of Granma, in February 2001,on an overnight bus from Sancti Spiritus and quickly concluded that I was not likely to find public transport …
Comoé National Park (Inscribed)
Comoé National Park
Comoe is said to be the biggest National Park in West Africa (at least it was when I visited in February 1995) but despite its size I did not find …

Western Caucasus (Inscribed)
Western Caucasus
UNESCO describes this site as "...one of two large mountain areas in Europe that has not experienced significant human impact." And I can vouch for that. This human found it …

Island of Patmos (Inscribed)
Island of Patmos
Isn't it surprising that,almost 12 years after inscription, this is the first review of this site? It isn't as though getting to Patmos is difficult; it can easily be fitted …

San Pedro de la Roca Castle (Inscribed)
San Pedro de la Roca Castle
This site, known locally as El Morro, was easily reached from Santiago de Cuba at the time of my visit in February 2001. A local bus will take you to …

Tchogha Zanbil (Inscribed)
Tchogha Zanbil
Early one morning in May 1999 I arrived, by overnight bus from Shiraz, in Shush, the town in Southern Iran nearest to Tchoga Zanbil. There it was very easy to …

First Coffee Plantations (Inscribed)
First Coffee Plantations
This site lies within a taxi ride of Santiago, Cuba's second city. When I visited, on a pleasant, sunny day in February 2001, the site had only been inscribed for …

San Agustín (Inscribed)
San Agustín
In 1996 I got to San Agustin by bus from Popoyan, a distance of about 140kms. The journey took 8 hours through splendid mountain scenery including at the highest altitudes, …

Tierradentro (Inscribed)
Tierradentro
I visited Tierradentro, which is set in beautiful and spectacular mountain scenery, in November 1996.
Two days earlier I was in San Agustin and spent the intervening day getting from …

Atlantic Forest South-East (Inscribed)
Atlantic Forest South-East
This is one of the largest, and most fragmented WHS I have ever visited. It consists of about 25 protected areas, National Parks, State Parks, Ecological Stations, wildlife Zones etc.
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Salvador de Bahia (Inscribed)
Salvador de Bahia
In February 1993 I arrived at Salvador airport intending, on the grounds of personal safety, to stay in the suburb of Barra. Two Spanish women I met persuaded me that …

Olinda (Inscribed)
Olinda
I visited Olinda in early February 1993. That date will tell those who know Brazil that preparations for Carnival were in full swing. The streets were often blocked by samba …

Sucre (Inscribed)
Sucre
I visited Sucre in March 1993 only 15 months or so after it had been "inscribed" as a WHS. For the preceding 6 weeks or so I had been in …

Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley (Inscribed)
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
I visited this site in August 2008. The weather was very pleasant with lots of sunshine and a cooling breeze at higher levels.
This site is also a National Park, …

Jesuit Block and Estancias of… (Inscribed)
Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
I visited this site in January 2003. The weather was warm and sunny for the 3 days I was in the area.
I went first to Alta Gracia, tumbling off …

Ischigualasto / Talampaya (Inscribed)
Ischigualasto / Talampaya
I visited these parks in January 2003. I went first to the little town of Pagancillo. I could find neither package trips nor any form of public transport to the …

M'Zab Valley (Inscribed)
M'Zab Valley
My visit here was in 1991 so memories have faded somewhat after more than 16 years. I do know however that this is one of the most interesting areas in …