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.
Main list
Below is the list and the tentative list of sites in Mongolia.(For the criteria see the Selection criteria)
Name[1] | Date of Inscriptin | Criteria | Province |
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Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape | 2004 | II,III,IV | 47°33′N 102°49′E / 47.550°N 102.817°E |
Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai | 2011 | III | 49°20′N 88°23′E / 49.333°N 88.383°E |
Uvs Nuur Basin | 2003 | IX,X | 50°16′N 92°43′E / 50.267°N 92.717°E |
Tentative list
Below are the properties submitted on the Tentative List. (The date of submission is shown in the parantehesis)
- Tsagaan Salaa Rock Paintings (1996)
- Khoit tsenkher cave rock painting (1996)
- Mongolia Sacred Mountains: Bogd Khan, Burkhan Khaldun, Otgon Tenger (1996)
- Khovsgol lake Tsaatan Shamanistic Landscape (1996)
- Gobi Gurvansaikhan Desert Fossil (1996)
- Great Gobi Desert (1996)
- Amarbayasgalant monastery and sacred cultural landscape (1996)
- The Upper Tsagaan Gol Complex (2009)
References
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