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List of World Heritage Sites in Vanuatu

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to culturalornatural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.^[1] Vanuatu accepted the convention on June 13, 2002, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, Vanuatu has only one World Heritage Site ^[2]

Location of sites[edit]

Chief Roi Mata’s Domain

 

List of sites[edit]

Name	Image	Location	Criteria	Year	Description
Chief Roi Mata’s Domain		Shefa Province 17°37′41″S 168°10′40″E / 17.628069°S 168.177719°E / -17.628069; 168.177719 (Chief Roi Mata’s Domain)	Cultural (iii) (v) (vi)	2008	Chief Roi Mata’s Domain is the first site to be inscribed in Vanuatu. It consists of three early 17th century AD sites on the islands of Efate, Lelepa and Artok associated with the life and death of the last paramount chief, or Roi Mata, of what is now Central Vanuatu. The property includes Roi Mata’s residence, the site of his death and Roi Mata’s mass burial site. It is closely associated with the oral traditions surrounding the chief and the moral values he espoused. The site reflects the convergence between oral tradition and archaeology and bears witness to the persistence of Roi Mata’s social reforms and conflict resolution, still relevant to the people of the region.[3]

Tentative List[edit]

Site	Image	Location	Criteria	Area ha (acre)	Year of submission	Description
Yalo, Apialo and the sacred geography of Northwest Malakula		Malampa Province 16°15′S 167°30′E / 16.25°S 167.5°E / -16.25; 167.5 (Yalo, Apialo and the sacred geography of Northwest Malakula)	Cultural (iii)		2004	[4]
The President Coolidge		Sanma Province 15°25′00″S 166°54′00″E / 15.416667°S 166.9°E / -15.416667; 166.9 (The President Coolidge)	Cultural (i)(iii)(iv)(v)		2004	[5]
Vatthe Conservation Area		Sanma Province 15°25′00″S 166°54′00″E / 15.416667°S 166.9°E / -15.416667; 166.9 (Vatthe Conservation Area)	Natural (vii)(ix)(x)		2004	[6]
Lake Letas		Torba Province 14°17′00″S 167°32′00″E / 14.283333°S 167.533333°E / -14.283333; 167.533333 (Lake Letas)	Natural (vii)(ix)(x)		2004	[7]
The Nowon and Votwos of Ureparapara		Torba Province 13°32′00″S 167°20′00″E / 13.533333°S 167.333333°E / -13.533333; 167.333333 (The Nowon and Votwos of Ureparapara)	Cultural (iii)(iv)(v)		2005	[8]

References[edit]

^ "Chief Roi Mata's Domain". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-11-20. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO) license.