Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
A World Heritage Site in Brazil, inscribed in 1999 as a Natural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Inscribed
- 1999
- Category
- Natural Site
- Criteria
- (ix)(x)
- Property area
- approx. 1,119 km² (111,930 ha)
- Component parts
- 8
- Coordinates
- -16.5000, -39.2500
- UNESCO ID
- 892
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Côte de la découverte – Réserves de la forêt atlantique
- Spanish
- Costa del Descubrimiento - Reservas de bosque atlí¡ntico
- Chinese
- 大西洋沿岸热带雨林保护区
Other World Heritage Sites in Brazil
- Amazonia Theaters (2026)
- Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves (1999)
- Brasilia (1987)
- Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves (2001)
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex (2000)
- Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks (2001)
- Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia (1985)
- Historic Centre of São Luís (1997)
- Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina (1999)
- Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás (2001)
- Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda (1982)
- Historic Town of Ouro Preto (1980)
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