Mount Pelée and Martinique Pitons
Also known as Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (viii), (x).
Region
Europe and North America
France
Inscribed
2023
List reference
1657
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Mount Pelée and Martinique Pitons is about 16 km north of Fort-de-France. The nearest other World Heritage site is Morne Trois Pitons National Park, about 60 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Fort-de-France · about 254,000 peopleabout 16 km south
- Roseau · about 23,000 peopleabout 70 km north-west
- Castries · about 38,000 peopleabout 85 km south
- Pointe-à-Pitre · about 146,000 peopleabout 170 km north
- Kingstown · about 49,000 peopleabout 180 km south
- Bridgetown · about 191,000 peopleabout 240 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
DominicaNatural61 km away
Saint LuciaNatural106 km away
BarbadosCultural243 km away
Antigua and BarbudaCultural260 km away
Saint Kitts and NevisCultural344 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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