Western Ghats
Also known as Ghats occidentaux, Sahayadri, Sahayadri Hills, Sahya Mountains, Sahya Parvat, Sahya Parvatam, Sahya Parvatham, Sahyadri, Sahyadri mountain range, Sahyadri mountain ranges, Sahyadri Mountains, Sahyadris, Tamhini Ghat, The Western Ghats, West coast mountain range of India, Western coast mountain range of india, Western Ghat mountain range, Western Ghat mountain ranges, Western Ghat mountains, Western Ghats of Maharashtra, Western Ghauts, पश्चिमी घाट
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (ix), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
India
Inscribed
2012
Area
795,315 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Western Ghats is about 19 km south-east of Valparai. The nearest other World Heritage site is Great Living Chola Temples, about 240 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Valparai · about 114,000 peopleabout 19 km north-west
- Coimbatore · about 1,696,000 peopleabout 95 km north
- Kochi · about 1,519,000 peopleabout 95 km west
- Rajapalaiyam · about 370,000 peopleabout 100 km south-east
- Dindigul · about 201,000 peopleabout 110 km east
- Tiruppur · about 650,000 peopleabout 110 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
IndiaCultural237 km away
IndiaCultural358 km away
Sri LankaCultural420 km away
IndiaCultural436 km away
Sri LankaCultural471 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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