Rock Islands Southern Lagoon
Category
Mixed
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (v), (vii), (ix), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Palau
Inscribed
2012
Area
100,200 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Rock Islands Southern Lagoon is about 900 km north of Manokwari.
Nearest towns and cities
- Manokwari · about 75,000 peopleabout 900 km south
- Biak · about 104,000 peopleabout 950 km south
- Davao · about 1,402,000 peopleabout 960 km west
- Sorong · about 126,000 peopleabout 960 km south
- Butuan · about 191,000 peopleabout 990 km west
- Surigao · about 88,000 peopleabout 1010 km 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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