Seals

Connected Sites: 41

Definition

WHS where Seals exist in the wild.

Map

Connected Sites

Sub-Antarctic Islands

New Zealand

Inscribed: 1998

4.06

8

0

elephant seal
Mont-Saint-Michel

France

Inscribed: 1979

4.17

332

17

harbour seal
Robben Island

South Africa

Inscribed: 1999

2.63

122

9

fur seal
Pico Island

Portugal

Inscribed: 2004

3.34

58

4

monk seal
Namib Sand Sea

Namibia

Inscribed: 2013

4.08

114

4

fur seals
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino

Mexico

Inscribed: 1993

3.68

31

6

Harbor Seal
Galapagos Islands

Ecuador

Inscribed: 1978

4.60

115

9

fur seal
Shiretoko

Japan

Inscribed: 2005

3.50

38

8

Spotted Seal
Banc d'Arguin

Mauritania

Inscribed: 1989

2.32

15

2

monk seal
Wadden Sea

Denmark, Germany, Netherlands

Inscribed: 2009

3.06

293

11

grey seal, harbour seal
Peninsula Valdes

Argentina

Inscribed: 1999

3.55

58

10

elephant seal, sea lion, fur seal
Ichkeul National Park

Tunisia

Inscribed: 1980

2.10

57

5

monk seal
Heard and McDonald Islands

Australia

Inscribed: 1997

3.08

1

0

fur seal
Macquarie Island

Australia

Inscribed: 1997

3.75

5

0

fur seal
Ibiza

Spain

Inscribed: 1999

2.77

126

5

Mediterranean monk seal
Gulf of California

Mexico

Inscribed: 2005

3.50

78

6

elephant seal
French Austral Lands and Seas

France

Inscribed: 2019

4

0

the second largest colony of Southern Elephant Seals and the third largest colony of sub-Antarctic Fur Seals in the world (OUV)
Wrangel Island

Russia

Inscribed: 2004

2.53

2

1

bearded seal
West Norwegian Fjords

Norway

Inscribed: 2005

4.20

226

9

harbour seal
Volcanoes of Kamchatka

Russia

Inscribed: 1996

4.31

15

2

fur seal, bearded seal
Te Wahipounamu

New Zealand

Inscribed: 1986

4.18

122

11

fur seal
Tasmanian Wilderness

Australia

Inscribed: 1982

3.95

89

7

fur seal
Surtsey

Iceland

Inscribed: 2008

2.72

43

9

harbour seal, grey seal
St. Kilda

United Kingdom

Inscribed: 1986

3.50

26

4

harbour seal, grey seal
Sceilg Mhichíl

Ireland

Inscribed: 1996

3.84

90

8

harbour seal, grey seal
Redwood

United States of America

Inscribed: 1980

4.01

190

7

Harbor Seals
Paphos

Cyprus

Inscribed: 1980

3.27

221

9

monk seal
Papahanaumokuakea

United States of America

Inscribed: 2010

3.11

8

1

monk seal
Olympic National Park

United States of America

Inscribed: 1981

3.87

143

8

harbour seal
Mount Athos

Greece

Inscribed: 1988

3.50

79

8

The presence of the persecuted monk seal Monachus monachus (CR) was reported in 2006 (UNESCO/WHC,2006a) possibly from lairs on Piperi in the Northern Sporades Marine Park. (UNEP-WCMC)
Lake Baikal

Russia

Inscribed: 1996

3.59

77

5

Baikal seal
Lagoons of New Caledonia

France

Inscribed: 2008

3.53

30

2

fur seal
Ilulissat Icefjord

Denmark

Inscribed: 2004

4.14

41

5

bearded seal, hooded seal, harbour seal, ringed seal
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago

Finland, Sweden

Inscribed: 2000

2.82

107

5

the ringed seal and the grey seal
Gros Morne National Park

Canada

Inscribed: 1987

3.91

66

10

harbour seal
Gough and Inaccessible Islands

United Kingdom

Inscribed: 1995

2.55

8

3

fur seal
Glacier parks

Canada, United States of America

Inscribed: 1979

4.08

109

5

fur seal, elephant seal, harbour seal
Giant's Causeway

United Kingdom

Inscribed: 1986

3.65

248

12

harbour seal, grey seal
Donana National Park

Spain

Inscribed: 1994

2.83

111

7

monk seal
Danube Delta

Romania

Inscribed: 1991

3.12

82

7

monk seal
Cape Floral Region

South Africa

Inscribed: 2004

3.40

173

6

fur seal