Mammal Migrations

Connected Sites: 9

WHS where significant numbers of migratory mammals may be viewed at the appropriate time of year.

Connected Sites

  • Serengeti
    Serengeti
    Tanzania
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.41
    121
    5
    Wildebeest
  • Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
    Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.68
    30
    6
    El Vizcaino and Wrangel island are the northern and southern "ends" of the Grey whale migration
  • Peninsula Valdes
    Peninsula Valdes
    Argentina
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.55
    57
    10
    Elephant Seals and Southern Right Whales
  • Cold winter deserts of Turan
    Cold winter deserts of Turan
    Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.37
    29
    3
    "The Saigachy and Saigachy-Beleuli (component parts 11 and 12) serve as the most significant area for the breeding of Saiga across the Uzbek area of the Ustyurt plateau and are hotspots for annual cross-border migrations of Saiga (Saiga tatarica, CR) in the country." (AB ev)
  • Wrangel Island
    Wrangel Island
    Russia
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.53
    2
    1
    El Vizcaino and Wrangel island are the northern and southern "ends" of the Grey whale migration
  • Qinghai Hoh Xil
    Qinghai Hoh Xil
    China
    Inscribed: 2017
    2.98
    15
    2
    Tibetan antelope
  • Putorana Plateau
    Putorana Plateau
    Russia
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.46
    4
    2
    "A major reindeer migration route crosses the property, which represents an exceptional, large-scale and increasingly rare natural phenomenon." (unesco website)
  • Landscapes of Dauria
    Mongolia, Russia
    Inscribed: 2017
    2.06
    9
    1
    supports one of the last truly mass ungulate migrations in Central Asia, that of the Mongolian Gazelle (AB ev)
  • Mount Kenya
    Mount Kenya
    Kenya
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.93
    44
    3
    "Lewa Wildlife Conservancy and Ngare Ndare Forest Reserve also lie within the traditional migration route of the African elephant population of the Mount Kenya – Somali/Maasai ecosystem and has always been the traditional dry season feeding area for elephants." (OUV)