Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
A World Heritage Site in South Africa, inscribed in 2018 as a Natural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- Africa
- Inscribed
- 2018
- Category
- Natural Site
- Criteria
- (viii)
- Property area
- approx. 1,131 km² (113,137 ha)
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- -25.9739, 31.0139
- UNESCO ID
- 1575
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Names in other languages
- French
- Montagnes de Barberton Makhonjwa
- Spanish
- Montes de Barberton Makhonjwa
- Chinese
- 巴伯顿·玛空瓦山脉
Other World Heritage Sites in South Africa
- Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2004)
- Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa (1999)
- Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites (2024)
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park (1999)
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park (2000)
- Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2003)
- Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (2007)
- Robben Island (1999)
- The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa (2024)
- Vredefort Dome (2005)
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape (2017)
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