World Heritage Identification Number: 486
World Heritage since: 1988
Category: Natural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia
Continent: Oceania
UNESCO World Region: Asia and the Pacific
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The Wet Tropics of Queensland: A Biodiverse Treasure Trove
The Wet Tropics of Queensland, located along the northeast coast of Australia, spans approximately 8,940 square miles (23,150 square kilometers). This region, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988, is renowned for its rich biodiversity and unique ecosystems.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
This area, which stretches along the north-east coast of Australia for some 450 km, is made up largely of tropical rainforests. This biotope offers a particularly extensive and varied array of plants, as well as marsupials and singing birds, along with other rare and endangered animals and plant species.
Encyclopedia Record: Wet Tropics of Queensland
The Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site is an area of approximately 8,940 km2 (3,450 sq mi) of very wet forests on parts of the coast and adjacent ranges of tropical Queensland, Australia. The area meets all four of the natural heritage selection criteria for a World Heritage site. World Heritage status was declared in 1988, and on 21 May 2007 the Wet Tropics was added to the Australian National Heritage List.Additional Site Details
Area: 893,453 hectares
(viii) — Outstanding example representing major earth stages
(ix) — Outstanding example representing ecological and biological processes
(x) — Contains most important habitats for biodiversity
Coordinates: -15.65 , 144.9666667
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