Inscriptions in 1985
The following sites were inscribed in the 1985 WHC Session. An overview can be accessed here.
- Altamira Cave: Spain
- Asturian Monuments: Spain
- Avila: Spain
- Bagerhat: Bangladesh
- Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur: Bangladesh
- Chavin: Peru
- Congonhas: Brazil
- Divrigi: Turkey
- Göreme NP: Turkey
- Hatra: Iraq
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church: Germany
- Huascaran National Park: Peru
- Istanbul: Turkey
- Kaziranga National Park: India
- Keoladeo National Park: India
- Kerkuane: Tunisia
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary: India
- Medina of Marrakesh: Morocco
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region: Cyprus
- Petra: Jordan
- Pont du Gard: France
- Québec: Canada
- Quseir Amra: Jordan
- Rock Art of Alta: Norway
- Royal Palaces of Abomey: Benin
- Salvador de Bahia: Brazil
- Santiago de Compostela: Spain
- Segovia: Spain
- Tadrart Acacus: Libya
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari: Bulgaria
Complete List in 1985
In 1985 the World Heritage list consisted of 215 sites.
- Aachen Cathedral
- Abbey of St Gall
- Abu Mena
- Agra Fort
- Ajanta Caves
- Aksum
- Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
- Aldabra Atoll
- Altamira Cave
- Amiens Cathedral
- Amphitheater of El Jem
- Ancient Thebes
- Angra do Heroismo
- Anjar
- Antigua Guatemala
- Anuradhapura
- Arles
- Asante Traditional Buildings
- Asturian Monuments
- Auschwitz Birkenau
- Avila
- Baalbek
- Bagerhat
- Belem
- Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest
- Benedictine Convent of St. John
- Bosra
- Boyana Church
- Bryggen
- Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur
- Burgos Cathedral
- Byblos
- Cahokia Mounds
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
- Cartagena
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
- Chartres Cathedral
- Chavin
- Chitwan National Park
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
- Comoé National Park
- Congonhas
- Convent of Christ in Tomar
- Copan
- Cordoba
- Cracow
- Cuzco
- Cyrene
- Damascus
- Darien National Park
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Divrigi
- Djémila
- Djoudj
- Dubrovnik
- Durmitor National Park
- El Escurial
- Ellora Caves
- Everglades
- Fasil Ghebbi
- Florence
- Fontainebleau
- Fort and Shalamar Gardens
- Forts and Castles Gold Coast
- Galapagos Islands
- Garamba National Park
- Glacier parks
- Göreme NP
- Granada
- Grand Canyon
- Great Barrier Reef
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Gulf of Porto
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
- Hatra
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
- Historic Cairo
- Huascaran National Park
- Ichkeul National Park
- Iguazu National Park
- Independence Hall
- Island of Gorée
- Istanbul
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
- Kahuzi-Biega National Park
- Kakadu National Park
- Kathmandu Valley
- Kaziranga National Park
- Keoladeo National Park
- Kerkuane
- Kotor
- L'Anse aux Meadows
- La Fortaleza
- Lake Malawi
- Lalibela
- Leptis Magna
- Lord Howe Island
- Los Glaciares
- Lower Valley of the Awash
- Lower Valley of the Omo
- M'Zab Valley
- Machu Picchu
- Madara Rider
- Mahabalipuram
- Makli, Thatta
- Mammoth Cave
- Mana Pools
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
- Medina of Fez
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Medina of Tunis
- Megalithic Temples of Malta
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan
- Mesa Verde
- Moenjodaro
- Monastery of Batalha
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Mount Nimba
- Nahanni National Park
- Nancy
- National History Park
- Nessebar
- Ngorongoro
- Niokolo-Koba National Park
- Nubian Monuments
- Ohrid Region
- Old City of Berne
- Old City of Jerusalem
- Old Havana
- Olinda
- Olympic National Park
- Orange
- Ouro Preto
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
- Palmyra
- Paphos
- Persepolis
- Petra
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies
- Pirin National Park
- Plitvice Lakes
- Polonnaruva
- Pont du Gard
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo
- Pyramids (Memphis)
- Québec
- Quirigua
- Quito
- Quseir Amra
- Redwood
- Rila Monastery
- Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve
- Rock Art of Alta
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- Rome
- Royal Palaces of Abomey
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
- Røros
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
- Sabratha
- Sagarmatha National Park
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
- Salonga National Park
- Salvador de Bahia
- Sangay National Park
- Santa Maria delle Grazie
- Santiago de Compostela
- Segovia
- Selous Game Reserve
- Serengeti
- SGang Gwaay
- Shibam
- Sigiriya
- Simien National Park
- Site of Carthage
- Speyer Cathedral
- Split
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- Stari Ras and Sopocani
- Statue of Liberty
- Sun Temple, Konarak
- Tadrart Acacus
- Taï National Park
- Taj Mahal
- Takht-i-Bahi
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves
- Tasmanian Wilderness
- Tassili n'Ajjer
- Taxila
- Tchogha Zanbil
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
- Tikal National Park
- Timgad
- Tipasa
- Tiya
- Tyre
- Urnes Stave Church
- Vallée de Mai
- Valletta
- Vatican City
- Versailles
- Vézelay
- Vézère Valley
- Virunga National Park
- Warsaw
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Willandra Lakes
- Wood Buffalo National Park
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Würzburg Residence
- Yellowstone
- Yosemite National Park