Gough and Inaccessible Islands
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (x).
Region
Europe and North America
United Kingdom
Inscribed
1995
List reference
740
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Gough and Inaccessible Islands is about 2810 km west of Saldanha.
Nearest towns and cities
- Saldanha · about 68,000 peopleabout 2810 km east
- Cape Town · about 3,215,000 peopleabout 2820 km east
- Paarl · about 188,000 peopleabout 2880 km east
- Hermanus · about 25,000 peopleabout 2880 km east
- Worcester · about 128,000 peopleabout 2920 km east
- Walvis Bay · about 52,000 peopleabout 3050 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
No other World Heritage sites lie within 600 km.
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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