Wood Buffalo National Park
Also known as Parc national de Wood Buffalo, Вуд Бафало
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (ix), (x).
Region
Europe and North America
Canada
Inscribed
1983
Area
4,480,000 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Wood Buffalo National Park is about 650 km north of Edmonton.
Nearest towns and cities
- Fort McMurray · about 22,000 peopleabout 310 km south
- Grand Prairie · about 41,000 peopleabout 580 km south-west
- Edmonton · about 1,058,000 peopleabout 650 km south
- Red Deer · about 75,000 peopleabout 790 km south
- Prince Albert · about 35,000 peopleabout 820 km south-east
- Prince George · about 66,000 peopleabout 850 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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