On National Border

WHS that are located on national borders (but are not transboundary). "Nation" here refers to one of the 203 sovereign states as named in List of Sovereign States.

Connected Sites

Site Rationale Link
Al Ain With Oman
Ani Between Turkey and Armenia
Armenian Monastic Ensembles St Stepanos and Darrasham Chapel reach to the Araxes river, the border between Iran and Azerbaijan
Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" Jordan/Israel
Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains South African border with Swaziland
Bassari Country Location 001 - Bassari Salémata borders Guinea to the South.
Battir According to the maps of the nomination file Battir lies on the Palestinian-Israeli border.
Battir Israel - Palestine
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park On DRC border
Canaima National Park On borders with Brasil and Guyana
Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin Bet Guvrin: Israel - Palestine
Chitwan National Park On India border
Darien National Park On Colombia border
Djoudj On Mauritania border
Dong Phayayen Location 004 - Ta Phraya National Park runs along the Thai-Cambodia frontier
Elvas With Spain
Fray Bentos Border with Argentina
Garamba National Park On South Sudan border
Golden Mountains of Altai On borders with Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan
Gunung Mulu On border with Brunei
Iguacu On Argentina border
Iguazu National Park On Brasil border
Khangchendzonga National Park KNP shares approximately 45 kms of international border with Nepal and a shorter one with China
Kilimanjaro National Park On Kenya border
Koguryo Kingdom On DPR KOREA border
Koutammakou On Benin border
Laponian Area On Norway border
Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape On Austria border
Los Alerces National Park The nominated property comprises two adjoining protected areas and a 10 km buffer zone of 135,870 ha which surrounds the property except in the west where it adjoins the border with Chile (AB ev)
Los Glaciares On Chile border
Los Katios National Park On Panama border
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley On Spanish border
Mana Pools On Zambia border
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary On Bhutan border
Mapungubwe On borders with Zimbabwe and Botswana
Niokolo-Koba National Park On Guinea border
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park On Brasil border
Okavango Delta With Namibia
Old City of Jerusalem Israel - Palestine
Phong Nha - Ke Bang On border with Laos
Preah Vihear Temple On Thailand border
Richtersveld On Namibia border
Rome Borders the Vatican
Rwenzori Mountains On DRC border
Sagarmatha National Park On China border
Saloum Delta With Gambia: a. . The Wiki entry for Gambia's Niumi NP states "The park is contiguous with Senegal's Delta du Saloum National Park and Biosphere Reserve." b. The AB eval for Saloum states "it also includes the coastal marine area from the mouth of the Saloum River in the northwest,to the Gambian border in the south."
Serengeti On Kenya border
Sundarbans National Park On India Border
Tajik National Park With Kyrgyzstan
The Sundarbans On Bangladesh Border
Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Myanmar
Vatican City Border with Italy
Virunga National Park On Uganda border
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex On Benin and Burkina Faso border
Western Caucasus On Georgia border
Western Tien-Shan Elements are on the National Borders between Uzbekistan/Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan
Xinjiang Tianshan With Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape with Namibia and Botswana

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