Lava tubes

Connected Sites: 9

Definition
WHS that include Lava tubes, "a roofed conduit through which molten lava travels away from its vent" (wiki)

Map

Connected Sites

  • Jeju
    Jeju
    Republic of Korea
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.52
    118
    10
    "The Geomunoreum lava tube system, which is regarded as the finest such cave system in the world, has an outstanding visual impact even for those experienced with such phenomena." (OUV)
  • Morne Trois Pitons
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.16
    65
    4
    Stinking Hole, a lava tube in the middle of the forest (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Galapagos Islands
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.60
    114
    9
    Sta Cruz - near Bellavista
    See www.lonelyplanet.com
  • Heard and McDonald Islands
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.08
    1
    0
    "The few known lava tube caves in the Galapagos Islands and Heard and MacDonald Islands are relatively short and less significant" - taken from the comparative evaluation part of the AB review for Jeju
  • El Pinacate
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.08
    16
    5
    "of a series of impressive large craters and more than 400 cinder cones, lava flows, and lava tubes" (OUV)
  • Teide National Park
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.83
    190
    7
    Cueva de las Roques
  • Rapa Nui
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.49
    111
    13
  • Mount Etna
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.55
    264
    12
  • Hawaii Volcanoes
    Hawaii Volcanoes
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.04
    152
    12
    Thurston Lava Tube