Greater Blue Mountains Area
Also known as Greater Blue Mountains Area World Heritage Site (natural or mixed), Région des montagnes Bleues
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (ix), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Australia
Inscribed
2000
Area
1,032,649 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Greater Blue Mountains Area is about 110 km west of Sydney. The nearest other World Heritage site is Australian Convict Sites, about 100 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Katoomba · about 22,000 peopleabout 30 km east
- Orange · about 39,000 peopleabout 95 km north-west
- Sydney · about 4,630,000 peopleabout 110 km east
- Wollongong · about 261,000 peopleabout 110 km south-east
- Goulburn · about 21,000 peopleabout 120 km south
- Nowra · about 95,000 peopleabout 140 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
AustraliaCultural99 km away
AustraliaNatural457 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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