Kii Mountain Range
Also known as Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, Sites sacres et chemins de pelerinage dans les monts Kii
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Japan
Inscribed
2004
Area
506 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Kii Mountain Range is about 70 km south-east of Wakayama. The nearest other World Heritage site is Asuka and Fujiwara, about 70 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Wakayama · about 440,000 peopleabout 70 km north-west
- Ōsaka · about 11,294,000 peopleabout 110 km north
- Kōbe · about 1,528,000 peopleabout 110 km north-west
- Tokushima · about 444,000 peopleabout 120 km west
- Tsu · about 500,000 peopleabout 120 km north-east
- Ōtsu · about 537,000 peopleabout 130 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
JapanCultural71 km away
JapanCultural82 km away
JapanCultural87 km away
JapanCultural93 km away
JapanCultural136 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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