Top Missing Sites
A list of sites that are not included in the WH List, but should be according to our WHS community. By popular vote and ranked (1-119).
# | Site | Votes | Discussions | Status |
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1 | Bagan | 54 | Forum | Inscribed 2019 |
2 | Historic University Towns of Oxford and Cambridge | 49 | Forum | Formerly on Tentative List |
3 | Ephesus | 45 | Forum | Inscribed 2015 |
4 | Okavango Delta | 43 | Forum | Inscribed 2014 |
5 | Minoan palaces of Crete | 41 | Forum | On Tentative List |
6 | Neuschwanstein Castle | 40 | Forum | On Tentative List |
7 | Varanasi | 39 | Forum | On Tentative List |
8 | Cultural Landscape of Santorini | 38 | Forum | Formerly on Tentative List |
9 | Mecca, Kaaba | 37 | Forum | |
10 | Silk Roads | 36 | Forum | Inscribed 2014 |
11 | Lake Titicaca | 35 | Forum | On Tentative List |
12 | Dzongs of Bhutan | 34 | Forum | On Tentative List |
13 | Shwedagon Pagoda | 33 | Forum | On Tentative List |
14 | Amritsar | 32 | Forum | On Tentative List |
15 | Panama Canal | 32 | Forum | |
16 | Ur | 31 | Forum | Inscribed 2016 |
17 | Transiberian Railway | 30 | Forum | |
18 | Major Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright | 29 | Forum | Inscribed 2019 |
19 | Alexandria, ancient remains and the new library | 29 | Forum | On Tentative List |
20 | Pharaonic Temples of Kom Ombo and Edfu | 29 | Forum | On Tentative List |
21 | Plain of Jars / Sites Mégalithiques de la province de Xieng Khouang | 29 | Forum | Inscribed 2019 |
22 | Death Valley National Park | 27 | Forum | Formerly on Tentative List |
23 | Scrovegni's Chapel | 26 | Forum | Inscribed 2021 |
24 | Suez Canal | 26 | Forum | |
25 | Torres del Paine National Park | 26 | Forum | On Tentative List |
26 | The Soviet Architecture of Moscow | 25 | Forum | |
27 | Svalbard | 24 | Forum | On Tentative List |
28 | Golden Gate Bridge | 22 | Forum | |
29 | Vers une architecture: Major Buildings of Le Corbusier | 22 | Forum | Inscribed 2016 |
30 | Jericho | 22 | Forum | Inscribed 2023 |
31 | Sites Mégalithiques de Carnac | 21 | Forum | On Tentative List |
32 | The Sacred Complex of Babylon | 21 | Forum | Inscribed 2019 |
33 | Cenotes of the Yucatan | 21 | Forum | On Tentative List |
34 | Mount Rushmore | 20 | Forum | |
35 | Chernobyl | 20 | Forum | |
36 | Nan Madol | 18 | Forum | Inscribed 2016 |
37 | Petrified Forest National Park | 18 | Forum | On Tentative List |
38 | Naica Cave: Cave of the Crystals | 18 | Forum | |
39 | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Frank Gehry | 17 | Forum | |
40 | Atacama Desert | 17 | Forum | |
41 | Baikonur Cosmodrome / Cape Canaveral | 16 | Forum | |
42 | Tana Toraja Cultural Landscape | 15 | Forum | On Tentative List |
43 | Vatnajökull National Park | 15 | Forum | Inscribed 2019 |
44 | Mt Kailash | 15 | Forum | |
45 | The Grand Canal | 15 | Forum | Inscribed 2014 |
46 | Great Gobi Desert | 14 | Forum | On Tentative List |
47 | Klondike and the Gold Rush Trails | 14 | Forum | Inscribed 2023 |
48 | City of Herat | 14 | Forum | On Tentative List |
49 | Marine Reserves of Sinai | 13 | Forum | On Tentative List |
50 | Westhoek: places of memory and monuments of the Great War | 13 | Forum | Inscribed 2023 |
51 | The Archaeological Site of Göbeklitepe | 13 | Forum | Inscribed 2018 |
52 | Sistema Vial Andino/Qhapaq Ñan | 13 | Forum | Inscribed 2014 |
53 | Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol | 12 | Forum | |
54 | Fortified City of Famagusta | 12 | Forum | |
55 | Rainforests of Polynesia | 12 | Forum | On Tentative List |
56 | Tempelhof Airport, Berlin | 12 | Forum | |
57 | Chicago School of Architecture | 12 | Forum | On Tentative List |
58 | Railways of the Andes | 11 | Forum | On Tentative List |
59 | Towers of Silence | 11 | Forum | |
60 | Ciudad Perdida, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | 11 | Forum | On Tentative List |
61 | Middle and Upper Sepik | 11 | Forum | On Tentative List |
62 | Andaman Islands | 10 | Forum | |
63 | Wooden Monasteries of Konbaung Period: Ohn Don, Sala, Pakhangyi, Pakhannge, Legaing, Sagu, Shwe Kyau | 10 | Forum | On Tentative List |
64 | Ross Island | 9 | Forum | |
65 | Kaieteur National Park, Iwokrama Forest and the Kanuku Mountains | 9 | Forum | Formerly on Tentative List |
66 | La Grotte ornée Chauvet - Pont d'Arc | 9 | Forum | Inscribed 2014 |
67 | Divided Cities along the German Border | 8 | Forum | |
68 | Hollywood Studios & Movie Palaces | 8 | Forum | |
69 | Modern Legacy of Vienna | 8 | Forum | |
70 | Copper Canyon | 8 | Forum | |
71 | Dilwara Temples at Mt Abu | 8 | Forum | On Tentative List |
72 | Palaces of Yalta | 8 | Forum | |
73 | Olympic Park in Munich | 8 | Forum | |
74 | Laas Gaal | 7 | Forum | |
75 | Concordia | 7 | Forum | On Tentative List |
76 | Jebel Shams, Wadi Nakhur, and Wadi Ghul | 7 | Forum | |
77 | Communist heritage of Volgograd | 7 | Forum | On Tentative List |
78 | Cape York and the islands of the Torres Strait | 6 | Forum | |
79 | Triple arch Gate at Dan & Sources of the Jordan | 6 | Forum | On Tentative List |
80 | Synagogue of Subotica | 6 | Forum | |
81 | Salisbury Plains, Grytviken | 6 | Forum | |
82 | Tashilunpo Monastery in Tibet | 6 | Forum | |
83 | Chhatris (cenotaphs) of Orchha | 6 | Forum | On Tentative List |
84 | El Nido Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area | 6 | Forum | On Tentative List |
85 | Devils Island (on French Guiana) | 6 | Forum | |
86 | Island of Inishmore | 6 | Forum | |
87 | Forests of Southern New Caledonia | 6 | Forum | |
88 | Speicherstadt and Chilehaus with Kontorhaus District | 6 | Forum | Inscribed 2015 |
89 | Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad: Golconda Fort, Qutb Shahi Tombs | 6 | Forum | On Tentative List |
90 | Kuhikugu | 5 | Forum | |
91 | Palitana | 5 | Forum | |
92 | Mammoth Bone Burials | 5 | Forum | |
93 | Ensemble du site naturel de la région du Chouf avec les monuments et les sites | 5 | Forum | On Tentative List |
94 | Taq-i-Kisra (Arch of Ctesiphon) | 4 | Forum | |
95 | Tanna Island | 4 | Forum | |
96 | Meenakshi Temple in Madurai | 4 | Forum | |
97 | Coron Island Natural Biotic Area | 4 | Forum | On Tentative List |
98 | Kangchendzonga National Park | 4 | Forum | Inscribed 2016 |
99 | Infrastructure of the Industrial Revolution in Britain | 4 | Forum | |
100 | Lena Delta | 4 | Forum | |
101 | The Sublime Karsts of Papua New Guinea | 4 | Forum | On Tentative List |
102 | Tobolsk | 3 | Forum | |
103 | La Brea Pitch Lake | 3 | Forum | On Tentative List |
104 | Band E Amir | 2 | Forum | On Tentative List |
105 | Kolyma Highway (the Road of Bones) | 2 | Forum | |
106 | Benin Iya / Sungbo' s Eredo | 2 | Forum | On Tentative List |
107 | Sumbrungu Painted Houses | 2 | Forum | |
108 | Ebla (Tell Mardikh) | 2 | Forum | On Tentative List |
109 | Panorama Mesdag | 2 | Forum | |
110 | Drift Passes of Rangiroa, French Polynesia | 2 | Forum | |
111 | Mount Gerizim: the holiest Samaritan site near Nablus | 2 | Forum | On Tentative List |
112 | Taino Ceremonial site of Caguana | 2 | Forum | |
113 | Diolkos: Ancient Railways | 2 | Forum | |
114 | Ford River Rouge Complex & Highland Plant | 2 | Forum | |
115 | Southwestern Coast Tidal Flats | 1 | Forum | Inscribed 2021 |
116 | Latte Stones of the Mariana Islands | 1 | Forum | |
117 | Monte Verde | 1 | Forum | On Tentative List |