Transnational Sites

The following UNESCO World Heritage sites are special in that they transcend national borders. Some of them are built around a particular theme, while some of them are bordering countries with UNESCO sites that extend across borders.

North America

Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (US and Canada)
Spectacular scenery and a showcase for the importance of international cooperation in protecting our planet’s wilderness.

Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (US and Canada)
A huge trans-national site over four national parks, significant in terms of geological processes, ecological zones, biodiversity and beauty.

South America

Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina)

Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (Panama, Costa Rica)

Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil)

Europe

Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (Ukraine, Switzerland, Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia, Russia, Romania, Poland, North Macedonia, Italy, Germany, France, Czechia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium, Austria, Albania)

Colonies of Benevolence (Netherlands and Belgium)
A utopian experiment in reducing urban poverty by building planned agrarian communities.

The Great Spa Towns of Europe (UK, Italy, Germany, France, Czechia, Belgium, Austria)
Towns in seven countries where an early tourism industry thrived around natural hot springs.

Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region (North Macedonia, Albania)
Of importance in terms of historical architecture and art, especially in churches, as well as for the unique ecosystem of the lake.

Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes (Switzerland, Italy)
A railway route through the Swiss Alps that represents an outstanding early-20th-century engineering and architectural achievement.

Struve Geodetic Arc (Ukraine, Sweden, Russia, Moldova, Norway, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Estonia, Belarus)
A chain of survey points from Norway to Ukraine set up in the 19th century to study the curvature of the Earth.

Belfries of Belgium and France

Białowieża Forest (Poland, Belarus)

Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (Slovakia, Hungary)

Curonian Spit (Russia, Lithuania)

Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region (Germany and Czechia)

Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (Hungary, Austria)

Frontiers of the Roman Empire (UK, Germany)

Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes (Netherlands, Germany)

Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment) (Slovakia, Germany, Austria)

Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) (Belgium and France)

Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija (Spain, Slovenia)

High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (Sweden, Finland)

Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (Italy and Holy See)

Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland, Italy)

Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski (Poland, Germany)

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps (Switzerland, Slovenia, Italy, Germany, France, Austria)

Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde (Spain and Portugal)

Pyrénées – Mont Perdu (Spain and France)

Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards (Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar (Montenegro, Italy, Croatia)

Wadden Sea (Netherlands, Germany and Denmark)

Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine

Africa

Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe, Zambia)
A huge and exceedingly beautiful waterfall on the Zambezi River, on the border between the two countries.

iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park (South Africa and Mozambique)

Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba (Benin and Togo)

Maloti-Drakensberg Park (South Africa, Lesotho)

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire)

Sangha Trinational (Congo, Central African Republic and Cameroon)

Stone Circles of Senegambia (Senegal, Gambia)

W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (Niger, Burkina Faso and Benin)

Asia

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and Hin Nam No National Park (Vietnam and Laos)
An area of extraordinary natural beauty with distinctive karst formations and cave ecosystems.

Cold Winter Deserts of Turan (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)

Hyrcanian Forests (Iran and Azerbaijan)

Landscapes of Dauria (Russia, Mongolia)

Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an-Tianshan Corridor (Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, China)

Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor (Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)

Western Tien-Shan (Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan, Kazakhstan)

Global

The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (Switzerland, Japan, India, Germany, France, Belgium, Argentina)

Moravian Church Settlements (Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, USA)