El Pinacate and Gran Desierto
Also known as El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve, El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar, El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve, Pinacate and Grand Desert Biosphere Reserve, Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, Pinacate Reserve, Reserva de La Biosfera de El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar, Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate, Reserva de la Biósfera El Pinacate, Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar, Reserva de la Biósfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii), (x).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico
Inscribed
2013
Area
714,566 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
El Pinacate and Gran Desierto is about 100 km south-east of Yuma.
Nearest towns and cities
- Yuma · about 92,000 peopleabout 100 km north-west
- San Felipe · about 21,000 peopleabout 140 km south-west
- Mexicali · about 885,000 peopleabout 160 km north-west
- El Centro · about 45,000 peopleabout 180 km north-west
- Caborca · about 57,000 peopleabout 220 km south-east
- Casa Grande · about 45,000 peopleabout 220 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
MexicoNatural474 km away
United StatesNatural480 km away
MexicoCultural493 km away
MexicoNatural519 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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