UNESCO World Heritage Index
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South Africa
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
Mapungubwe is set hard against the northern border of South Africa, joining Zimbabwe and Botswana. It is an open, expansive savannah landsca...
South Africa
Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa
The Taung Skull Fossil Site, part of the extension to the site inscribed in 1999, is the place where in 1924 the celebrated Taung Skull β a ...
South Africa
Robben Island
Robben Island was used at various times between the 17th and 20th centuries as a prison, a hospital for socially unacceptable groups and a m...
South Africa
ΗKhomani Cultural Landscape
The ΗKhomani Cultural Landscape is located at the border with Botswana and Namibia in the northern part of the country, coinciding with the ...
South Africa
The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa
This serial property contributes to the understanding of the origin of behaviourally modern humans, their cognitive abilities and cultures, ...
Mozambique
iSimangaliso Wetland Park β Maputo National Park
This large and ecologically diverse transboundary property, located along the border of South Africa and Mozambique, includes a wide variety...
South Africa
Vredefort Dome
Vredefort Dome, approximately 120 km south-west of Johannesburg, is a representative part of a larger meteorite impact structure, or astrobl...
South Africa
Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
Situated in north-eastern South Africa, the Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains comprises 40% of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, one of the worldβs...
Lesotho
Maloti-Drakensberg Park
The Maloti-Drakensberg Park is a transnational property composed of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park in South Africa and the Sehlath...
South Africa
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004, the property is located at the south-western extremity of South Africa. It is one of the world...
South Africa
Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites
The serial property represents the legacy of the South African struggle for human rights, liberation and reconciliation. It consists of four...
South Africa
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape
The 160,000 ha Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape of dramatic mountainous desert in north-western South Africa constitutes a cult...
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