Named after a Mountain

Connected Sites: 72

WHS whose official title includes the name of a mountain (or mountains) within the inscribed area.

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Connected Sites

Kilimanjaro National Park
Inscribed: 1987
3.92
103
7
Mt Kilimanjaro 5895m
Mount Kenya
Inscribed: 1997
2.86
48
2
Mt Kenya 5199m
Sagarmatha National Park
Inscribed: 1979
3.78
58
3
Sagarmatha 8848m
Durmitor National Park
Inscribed: 1980
3.42
150
6
Durmitor 2522m
Sangay National Park
Inscribed: 1983
2.55
45
5
Sangay 5230m
Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
Inscribed: 1996
3.71
133
6
Mt Emei 3099m
Mount Taishan
Inscribed: 1987
3.61
100
7
Mt Taishan 1532m
Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan
Inscribed: 2000
3.40
99
4
Mt Qingcheng
Mount Wuyi
Inscribed: 1999
3.43
69
4
Mt Wuyi
Mount Nimba
Mount Nimba
Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea
Inscribed: 1981
2.77
7
1
Mt Nimba 1760m
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
Inscribed: 1997
3.57
152
7
Mont Perdu Monte Perdido 3355m
Mount Athos
Inscribed: 1988
3.50
100
8
Mount Athos 2030m
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers
Inscribed: 1988
3.15
11
2
Nanda Devi 7817m
Kinabalu Park
Inscribed: 2000
3.26
128
6
Kinabalu 4095m
Tongariro National Park
Inscribed: 1990
3.67
151
6
Tongariro 1978m
Huascaran National Park
Inscribed: 1985
3.77
77
7
Huascaran 6758m
Teide National Park
Inscribed: 2007
3.81
231
7
Teide 3718m
Shiretoko
Inscribed: 2005
3.50
46
8
Mount Shiretoko (1,253 M)
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Inscribed: 2001
3.90
286
11
Jungfrau, Aletschhorn
Fujisan
Fujisan
Japan
Inscribed: 2013
3.57
256
8
"Fujisan Is A Solitary Strato-Volcano, Around 100 Km South-West Of Tokyo That Rises To 3,776 Meters In Height." (Ouv)
Mount Etna
Inscribed: 2013
3.54
327
12
Mount Etna - 3,350 M
Uluru
Uluru
Australia
Inscribed: 1987
4.40
179
6
Uluru - 863 M
Sulaiman-Too
Sulaiman-Too
Kyrgyzstan
Inscribed: 2009
2.28
71
3
Sulayman Mountain - Ca. 200 M
El Pinacate
Inscribed: 2013
3.08
21
5
Cerro Del Pinacate - 1,190 M
Popocatepetl monasteries
Inscribed: 1994
2.76
129
10
Popocatepetl - 5,426 M
Ichkeul National Park
Inscribed: 1980
2.05
61
5
Djebel Ichkeul, 511m
Nemrut Dag
Nemrut Dag
Turkiye
Inscribed: 1987
4.14
91
14
Turkish For "Mount Nemrut" (Or Nimrod). Mt Nimrod Is A 2134m Mountain At The Summit Of Which Is A Historical Site Which Was Nominated As " The Hierotheseion Of Antiochos I Of Commagene On Nemrut Dag"
Hallstatt-Dachstein
Inscribed: 1997
3.59
295
16
Dachstein (2,995m)
See De.Wikipedia.Org
Namhansanseong
Namhansanseong
Republic of Korea
Inscribed: 2014
2.59
117
6
Namhan Mountain - 480m
Mount Hamiguitan
Mount Hamiguitan
Philippines
Inscribed: 2014
2.73
15
4
Mount Hamiguitan (1,620m)
Gebel Barkal
Inscribed: 2003
3.13
34
4
Jebel Barkal Is A Small Mountain, 98 Meters Tall
Garajonay
Inscribed: 1986
3.19
109
6
Garajonay (1,487m)
Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain
Inscribed: 2015
2.30
13
1
"Burkhan Khaldun Means The "God Mountain" And Is Also Called Khentii Khan (The King Of The Khentii Mountain Range).: 12  It Is One Of The Khentii Mountains In The Khentii Province Of Northeastern Mongolia. It Is The Highest Mountain Of The Region, Rising To An Elevation Of 2,362 Metres (7,749 Ft), And Is Crescent-Shaped." (Wiki)
Gros Morne National Park
Inscribed: 1987
3.91
82
10
The Gros Morne: "The Park Takes Its Name From Newfoundland's Second-Highest Mountain Peak (At 806 M Or 2,644 Ft) Located Within The Park." (Wiki)
Gunung Mulu
Gunung Mulu
Malaysia
Inscribed: 2000
4.11
78
6
Named After Mount Mulu, The Second Highest Mountain In Sarawak. (Wiki)
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
Inscribed: 2019
2.20
26
3
- "Budj Bim, Also Known As Mount Eccles, Is A Dormant Volcano Near Macarthur In Southwestern Victoria, Australia. .......Budj Bim Is The Gunditjmara Name, Meaning "High Head". The Roughly Conical Peak Rises 178 Metres (584 Ft). The Peak Is A Scoria Hill That Was Thrown Up Beside A Group Of Three Overlapping Volcanic Craters That Now Contain Lake Surprise." (Wiki)
Serra da Capivara
Inscribed: 1991
3.11
10
6
"The Name Of The Mountain Range That Defines The Park, "Serra Da Capivara," Literally Means "Capybara Hills" In Portuguese. "(Wiki)
Tsodilo
Tsodilo
Botswana
Inscribed: 2001
3.08
24
11
Tsodilo Hills "There Are Four Chief Hills. The Highest Is 1,400 Metres Amsl, One Of The Highest Points In Botswana. The Four Hills Are Commonly Described As The "Male" (The Highest), "Female", "Child", Plus An Unnamed Knoll"
Pirin National Park
Inscribed: 1983
2.86
121
11
Pirin Mountains (Originally Known As Vihren Np After The Highest Peak Mt Vihren (2914m)
Chiribiquete National Park
Inscribed: 2018
2.53
2
1
The "Chiribiquete Mountains Are A Group Of Isolated Table Mountains In The Amazon Region Of Colombia. The Mountains Are Part Of The Western Edge Of The Guiana Shield" (Wiki)
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Inscribed: 1980
3.33
8
4
"A Vast Area Of Primary Tropical Forest Dominated By Two Spectacular Extinct Volcanoes, Kahuzi And Biega"
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Virunga National Park
Virunga National Park
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Inscribed: 1979
3.99
16
2
"The Virunga Mountains (Also Known As Mufumbiro) Are A Chain Of Volcanoes In East Africa, Along The Northern Border Of Rwanda, The Democratic Republic Of The Congo (Drc), And Uganda."
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves
Inscribed: 1983
2.90
62
5
"The Talamancas Are A Spectacular Mountain Range Rising From Sea Level On The Caribbean To Over 12,000 Feet Then Dropping Back Down To The Valle General On The Pacific Side"
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
Inscribed: 1985
3.40
196
10
Troodos Mountains - The "Highest Peak Is Mount Olympus (Greek: Όλυμπος), Also Known As Chionistra (Greek: Χιονίστρα), At 1,952 Metres (6,404 Ft)
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge
Inscribed: 2019
2.22
146
7
Name Of A Range Of Mountains (= "Ore Mountains") In Czechia/Germany
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Morne Trois Pitons
Inscribed: 1997
3.16
85
4
"Luxuriant Natural Tropical Forest Blends With Scenic Volcanic Features Of Great Scientific Interest In This National Park Centred On The 1,342-M-High Volcano Known As Morne Trois Pitons" (Unesco)
Simien National Park
Inscribed: 1978
3.46
62
11
"The Simien Mountains Or Səmen; Also Spelled Semain, Simeon And Semien), In Northern Ethiopia,,,,,, Are Part Of The Ethiopian Highlands.....Thry) Consist Of Plateaus Separated By Valleys And Rising To Pinnacles. The Highest Ethiopian Mountain Is Ras Dejen At 4,550 M With The Second Highest Peak Of Kidis Yared At 4,453 M; Other Notable Peaks Include Mount Biuat At 4,437 M." (Wiki)
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Rammelsberg and Goslar
Inscribed: 1992
3.18
237
11
"The Rammelsberg Is A Mountain, 635 Metres (2,083 Ft) High, On The Northern Edge Of The Harz Range, South Of The Historic Town Of Goslar In The North German State Of Lower Saxony. " (Wiki)
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Western Ghats
Inscribed: 2012
3.03
84
5
The Western Ghats, "Also Known As The Sahyadri Mountain Range, Is A Mountain Range That Covers An Area Of 160,000 Km2 (62,000 Sq Mi) In A Stretch Of 1,600 Km (990 Mi) Parallel To The Western Coast Of The Indian Peninsula"
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Monte San Giorgio
Monte San Giorgio
Italy, Switzerland
Inscribed: 2003
2.24
179
5
"A Wooded Mountain, Rising To 1,097 M (3,600 Feet) Above Sea Level. It Has A Roughly Pyramidal Shape, With A Steep North Edge Sloping Towards Lake Lugano And A More Shallow South Slope Extending Towards The Po Plain"
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Blue and John Crow Mountains
Inscribed: 2015
2.59
57
3
"The Blue Mountains Are The Longest Mountain Range In Jamaica. They Include The Island's Highest Point, Blue Mountain Peak, At 2256 M (7402 Ft)" . The John Crow Mountains. "Extend Parallel With The Northeast Coast Of The Island, Bounded To The West By The Banks Of The Rio Grande, And Joining With The Eastern End Of The Blue Mountains In The Southeast, The Highest Point In The Range Is A Little Over 3,750 Feet (1,140 M)"
Shirakami-Sanchi
Inscribed: 1993
3.09
37
10
"Is A Wilderness Area Covering One Third Of Shirakami Mountain Range....The Area Has An Altitude Ranging From 100 Metres (330 Ft) To 1,243 Metres (4,078 Ft) Above Sea Level....Shirakami-Dake Is The Highest Peak In Shirakami-Sanchi.........The Peak Itself Is Not A Part Of The World Heritage Site"
Western Tien-Shan
Western Tien-Shan
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
Inscribed: 2016
2.56
67
4
"The Tian Shan...Also Known As The Tengri Taghor Tengir-Too, Meaning The Mountains Of Heaven Or The Heavenly Mountain Or Mountains Of God, Is A Large System Of Mountain Ranges In Central Asia. The Highest Peak In The Tian Shan Is Jengish Chokusu, At 7,439 Metres (24,406 Ft) High"
Le Morne
Le Morne
Mauritius
Inscribed: 2008
2.59
107
5
Le Morne Brabant "Is A Basaltic Monolith With A Summit 556 Metres (1,824 Ft) Asl....The Mountain Is Named After The Voc-Ship (Dutch East India Company) Brabant That Ran Aground There On 29 December 1783." (Wiki)
Air and Téneré
Inscribed: 1991
3.14
4
1
"The Aïr Mountains Or Aïr Massif (Tamashek: Ayăr; Hausa: Eastern Azbin, Western Abzin) Is A Triangular Massif, Located In Northern Niger, Within The Sahara. Part Of The West Saharan Montane Xeric Woodlands Ecoregion, They Rise To More Than 1,800 M (5,900 Ft) And Extend Over 84,000 Km2 (32,000 Sq Mi)" (Wiki)
Central Sikhote-Alin
Inscribed: 2001
2.98
7
1
- "A Mountain Range In Primorsky And Khabarovsk Krais, Russia, Extending About 900 Kms (560 Mi) To The Northeast ....Of Vladivostok. The Highest Summits Are Tordoki Yani At 2,077 Metres (6,814 Ft) Asl, Ko Mountain (2,003 Metres (6,572 Ft) And Anik Mountain (1,933 Metres (6,342 Ft)"
Western Caucasus
Inscribed: 1999
3.33
24
3
The Caucasus Mountains Are A Mountain Range At The Intersection Of Asia And Europe....(They) Include The Greater Caucasus In The North And Lesser Caucasus In The South. The Greater Caucasus Runs West-Northwest To East-Southeast, From The Western Caucasus On The Northeastern Shore Of The Black Sea To Baku On The Caspian Sea." (Wiki)
Pitons Management Area
Inscribed: 2004
2.93
115
5
"The Pitons Are Two Mountainous Volcanic Plugs, Volcanic Spires, Located In Saint Lucia. Gros Piton Is 798.25 M (2,618.9 Ft) High And Petit Piton Is 743 M (2,438 Ft) High; They Are Linked By The Piton Mitan Ridge" (Wiki)
San Marino and Mount Titano
Inscribed: 2008
3.46
371
8
Monte Titano ("Mount Titan") Is A Mountain Of The Apennines And The Highest Point In The Country Of San Marino. It Stands 739 M (2,425 Ft) Asl (Wiki)
Banska Stiavnica
Inscribed: 1993
2.93
177
10
"The Štiavnica Mountains (Also Štiavnické Mountains; Slovak: Štiavnické Vrchy, Pronounced [ˈꟅcɪɐʋɲitskeː ˈƲr̩Xi]) Are A Volcanic Mountain Range Southern Central Slovakia. They Are Part Of Inner Western Carpathians And The Slovenské Stredohorie Mountains." (Wiki)
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
Inscribed: 2018
2.31
33
2
- "The Makhonjwa Mountains Or Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains Are A Range Of Small Mountains And Hills That Covers An Area Of 120 By 60 Kilometres (75 By 37 Mi), About 80%... South Africa, And The Remainder.... Eswatini......The Area Ranges In Altitude From 600 To 1,800 Metres (2,000 To 5,900 Ft) Above Msl. It Has A Number Of Rocky Hills, With Moist Grassy Uplands And Forested Valleys. The Region Lies Within The Barberton Centre Of Endemism.....The Mountains Lie On The Eastern Edge Of The Kaapvaal Craton. The Range Is Best Known For Having Some Of The Oldest Exposed Rocks On Earth" (Wiki)
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Maloti-Drakensberg Park
Maloti-Drakensberg Park
Lesotho, South Africa
Inscribed: 2000
3.32
104
5
- The Drakensberg (Afrikaans: Drakensberge, Zulu: Ukhahlambha, Sotho: Maloti) Is The Eastern Portion Of The Great Escarpment, Which Encloses The Central Southern African Plateau. The Great Escarpment Reaches Its Greatest Elevation – 2,000 To 3,482 Metres (6,562 To 11,424 Feet) Within The Border Region Of South Africa And Lesotho. The Drakensberg Escarpment Stretches For More Than 1,000 Kilometres (600 Miles) From The Eastern Cape Province In The South," (Wiki)
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Serra de Tramuntana
Inscribed: 2011
2.81
157
5
- "A Mountain Range Running Southwest–Northeast Which Forms The Northern Backbone Of The Spanish Island Of Mallorca......The Highest Peak Is The Puig Major, Which At 1,436 Meters,[1] Is The Highest Mountain In The Balearic Islands."
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Rwenzori Mountains
Inscribed: 1994
3.22
32
3
"A Range Of Mountains In Eastern Equatorial Africa, Located On The Border Between Uganda And The Democratic Republic Of The Congo. The Highest Peak Of The Ruwenzori Reaches 5,109 Metres (16,762 Ft), And The Range's Upper Regions Are Permanently Snow-Capped And Glaciated. Rivers Fed By Mountain Streams Form One Of The Sources Of The Nile" (Wiki)
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Mont-Saint-Michel
Inscribed: 1979
4.17
436
17
Mont-Saint-Michel
Kii Mountain Range
Inscribed: 2004
3.56
144
7
Kii Mountains
Fanjingshan
Inscribed: 2018
3.23
28
1
Mount Fanjing, The Highest Peak Of The Wuling Mountains In Southeastern China, At An Elevation Of 2,570 M (8,430 Ft) (Wiki)
Wudang Mountains
Inscribed: 1994
3.42
43
3
The Wudang Mountains Are A Mountain Range In The Northwestern Part Of Hubei.
Ancient Tea Plantations of Pu'er
Inscribed: 2023
2.53
15
3
Jingmai Mountain
Lushan National Park
Inscribed: 1996
2.91
65
3
Mount Lu (1,474 M)
Dong Phayayen
Inscribed: 2005
2.84
107
8
Dong Phaya Yen Mountains (1,167 M)
Phu Phrabat
Phu Phrabat
Thailand
Inscribed: 2024
2.71
33
5
Ppb Is Located On Phu Phrabat Mountain Which Means Holy Footprints Of Lord Buddha Mountain