Sagarmatha National Park
Also known as Parc national de sagar matha, Parc national de Sagar Matha, Parc national de sagarmatha, Sagarmatha rastriya nikunja
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criterion (vii).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Nepal
Inscribed
1979
Area
124,400 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Sagarmatha National Park is about 140 km east of Lalitpur. The nearest other World Heritage site is Kathmandu Valley, about 140 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Lalitpur · about 338,000 peopleabout 140 km west
- Kathmandu · about 895,000 peopleabout 140 km west
- Rajbiraj · about 33,000 peopleabout 150 km south
- Biratnagar · about 182,000 peopleabout 170 km south
- Hetauda · about 232,000 peopleabout 170 km west
- Gangtok · about 78,000 peopleabout 200 km east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
NepalCultural138 km away
IndiaMixed161 km away
IndiaCultural182 km away
NepalNatural236 km away
IndiaCultural331 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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