List of World Heritage Sites in Mongolia
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.
To date, 4 sites, including 3 cultural and 1 natural, have been inscribed from Mongolia. On site, the Uvs Nuur Basin, is a transboundary site including areas in both Mongolia and Russia, and is one of the largest sites inscribed as a World Heritage.
World Heritage Sites
Site | Image | Location | Criteria | Area ha (acre) |
Year | Description | Refs |
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Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape | Orkhon River Valley (Arkhangai Province, Övörkhangai Province, Bulgan Province, Selenge Province) 47°33′24″N 102°49′53″E / 47.55667°N 102.83139°E | ii, iii, iv (Cultural) |
121,967 ha | 2004 | 1081 | ||
Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai | Altai Mountains (Bayan-Olgii Province) 49°20′2″N 88°23′43″E / 49.33389°N 88.39528°E | iii (Cultural) |
11,300 ha | 2011 | 1382 | ||
Uvs Nuur Basin | Uvs Lake (transboundary, Mongolia and Russia) 50°16′30″N 92°43′11″E / 50.27500°N 92.71972°E | ix, x (Natural) |
898,064 ha | 2003 | 769 | ||
Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape | Khentii Province 48°45′43.12″N 109°0′33.5″E / 48.7619778°N 109.009306°E | iv, vi (Cultural) |
443,739 ha | 2015 | 1440 | ||
Tentative list
- Mongolian Daurian Landscape (2012)
- Desert Landscapes of the Mongolian Great Gobi (2014)
- Cretaceous Dinosaur Fossil Sites in the Mongolian Gobi (2014)
- Eastern Mongolian Steppes (2014)
- Amarbayasgalant Monastery and its Surrounding Sacred Cultural Landscape (2014)
- Baldan Bereeven Monastery and its Sacred Surroundings (2014)
- Sacred Binder Mountain and its Associated Cultural Heritage Sites (2014)
- Funeral Sites of the Xiongnu Elite (2014)
- Archaeological Site at Khuduu Aral and Surrounding Cultural Landscape (2014)
- Deer Stone Monuments, the Heart of Bronze Age Culture (2014)
- Petroglyphic Complexes in the Mongolian Gobi (2014)
- Highlands of Mongol Altai (2014)
- Sacred Mountains of Mongolia (2015)
References
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