Virgin Komi Forests
Also known as Forets vierges de Komi
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (ix).
Region
Europe and North America
Russia
Inscribed
1995
Area
3,280,000 ha
In preparation
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Virgin Komi Forests is about 320 km south-west of Vorkuta.
Nearest towns and cities
- Inta · about 23,000 peopleabout 110 km north
- Pechora · about 46,000 peopleabout 140 km west
- Usinsk · about 45,000 peopleabout 160 km north-west
- Vorkuta · about 80,000 peopleabout 320 km north-east
- Salekhard · about 38,000 peopleabout 340 km north-east
- Sosnogorsk · about 29,000 peopleabout 340 km south-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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