Tasmanian Wilderness
Also known as Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site (natural or mixed), The Tasmanian Wilderness, Zone de nature sauvage de Tasmanie
Category
Mixed
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (iv), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Australia
Inscribed
1982
Area
1,584,233 ha
In preparation
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Tasmanian Wilderness is about 95 km west of Hobart.
Nearest towns and cities
- Hobart · about 81,000 peopleabout 95 km east
- Launceston · about 72,000 peopleabout 150 km north-east
- Sale · about 22,000 peopleabout 500 km north
- Cranbourne · about 460,000 peopleabout 510 km north
- Geelong · about 161,000 peopleabout 510 km north
- Melbourne · about 4,170,000 peopleabout 540 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
AustraliaCultural542 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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