Lord Howe Island Group
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Australia
Inscribed
1982
Area
146,300 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Lord Howe Island Group is about 590 km east of Coffs Harbour.
Nearest towns and cities
- Port Macquarie · about 49,000 peopleabout 580 km west
- Coffs Harbour · about 63,000 peopleabout 590 km west
- Taree · about 44,000 peopleabout 630 km west
- Lismore · about 31,000 peopleabout 630 km north-west
- Tweed Heads · about 33,000 peopleabout 650 km north-west
- Gold Coast · about 528,000 peopleabout 670 km north-west
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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