Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
Also known as Belize Barrier Reef, Cayes of Belize, Sistema de Reservas de la Barrera del Arrecife de Belice
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (ix), (x).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Belize
Inscribed
1996
Area
96,300 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System is about 30 km south-east of Belize City. The nearest other World Heritage site is Tikal National Park, about 170 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Belize City · about 63,000 peopleabout 30 km north-west
- Belmopan · about 15,000 peopleabout 75 km west
- Orange Walk · about 21,000 peopleabout 110 km north-west
- Chetumal · about 155,000 peopleabout 140 km north
- Puerto Barrios · about 57,000 peopleabout 180 km south
- San Luis · about 132,000 peopleabout 190 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
GuatemalaMixed166 km away
MexicoMixed208 km away
MexicoNatural237 km away
GuatemalaCultural245 km away
HondurasCultural294 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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