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8 Introduction

Table 1.1 This table lists some examples of world heritage sites including active and dormant volcanic landforms

World heritage site Number Country Year listed
Galapagos Islands 1 Ecuador 1978

Yellowstone National Park 28 United States 1978
Ngorongoro Conservation Area 39 Africa 1979

Lord Howe Island Group 186 Australia 1982
Sangay National Park 260 Ecuador 1983

Rock Sites of Cappadocia 357 Turkey 1985
Gondwana Rainforests 368 Australia 1868

Giant’s Causeway 369 Ireland 1986
Garajonay National Park 380 Canary Islands, Spain 1986

Kilimanjaro National Park 403 Kenya 1987
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park 409 USA 1987

Tongariro National Park 421 New Zealand 1990
Pamukkale – Hierapolis 485 Turkey 1988

Mt Huangshan 547 China 1990
Ujung Kulon National Park 608 Indonesia 1991

Komodo National Park 609 Indonesia 1991
Joya de Cerén 675 El Salvador 1993

Rapanui National Park 715 Easter Islands, Chile 1995
Volcanoes of Kamchatka 765 Russian Federation 1996

Pompeii and Herculaneum 829 Italy 1997
Aeolian Islands 908 Italy 2000

Pico Island 1117 Azores, Portugal 2004
Tropical Rainforest Heritage 1167 Sumatra, Indonesia 2004

Teide National Park 1258 Tenerife, Spain 2007
Jeju Volcanic Island 1264 Korea 2007

Surtsey Island 1267 Iceland 2008
Note: The sites are listed in order of their inclusion in the world heritage list by year.
Source: Compiled by author

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