UNESCO World Heritage

Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand

Natural Inscribed 1990

UNESCO natural World Heritage site linked to New Zealand. Inscribed in 1990.

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Linked countries

New Zealand

Primary

Linked areas and landscapes

Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand

Landscape National Park Landscape

Primary Created From Unesco Sync

At a glance

UNESCO summary

Category Natural

Inscribed 1990

Countries New Zealand

Area Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand

Area 2,600,000 ha

Coordinates -45.0360, 167.3196

Status Current listing

UNESCO criteria

(vii)(viii)(ix)(x)

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