World Heritage Sites in Oceania

Oceania has 27 UNESCO heritage sites within 7 countries. The World Heritage Sites in Oceania are categorized by cultural heritage sites, Natural heritage sites, mixed heritage sites (mixed heritage sites means the sites are under natural heritage qualifications and cultural heritage qualifications together as one heritage site) and sites that are in danger list. Within the Oceania continent 16 Natural Heritage Sites, 6 Cultural Heritage Sites and 5 Mixed Heritage Sites are located.

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Oceania UNESCO World Heritage Sites

australian heritage siteHere is the list of Oceania UNESCO World Heritage Sites in alphabetical order. You can view the sites information below. Click the link next to the name of the site "Visit the site".

- Total Sites (19)    Natural (12)    Cultural (3)    Mixed (4)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Great Barrier Reef
Lord Howe Island Group
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
Wet Tropics of Queensland
Shark Bay, Western Australia
Fraser Island
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte)
Heard and McDonald Islands
Macquarie Island
Greater Blue Mountains Area
Purnululu National Park
Ningaloo Coast
Cultural Sites
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
Sydney Opera House
Australian Convict Sites
Mixed Sites
Kakadu National Park
Willandra Lakes Region
Tasmanian Wilderness
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (1)    Cultural (0)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Phoenix Islands Protected Area

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site

- Total Sites (3)    Natural (2)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (1)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
Mixed Sites
Tongariro National Park

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Kuk Early Agricultural Site

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (1)    Cultural (0)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Natural Sites
East Rennell

- Total Sites (1)    Natural (0)    Cultural (1)    Mixed (0)    Under Danger (0)
Cultural Sites
Chief Roi Mata's Domain

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