Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
A World Heritage Site in Mexico, inscribed in 1993 as a Natural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Inscribed
- 1993
- Category
- Natural Site
- Criteria
- (x)
- Property area
- approx. 3,696 km² (369,631 ha)
- Component parts
- 2
- Coordinates
- 27.7922, -114.2278
- UNESCO ID
- 554
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
- Sanctuaire de baleines d'El Vizcaino
- Spanish
- Santuario de ballenas de El Vizcaíno
- Chinese
- 埃尔比斯开诺鲸鱼禁渔区
Other World Heritage Sites in Mexico
- Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila (2006)
- Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche (2002)
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System (2015)
- Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco (1999)
- Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes (1998)
- Archipiélago de Revillagigedo (2016)
- Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (2010)
- Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (2007)
- Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl (1994)
- El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (2013)
- El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City (1992)
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro (2003)
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