List of World Heritage Sites in Solomon Islands

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. ^[1] Solomon Islands accepted the convention on June 20, 1992, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, Solomon Islands has only one World Heritage Site ^[2]

Location of site

East Rennell

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Location of World Heritage Sites in   Solomon Islands

List of sites

  † In danger

Name	Image	Location	Criteria	Year	Description
East Rennell		Rennell and Bellona Province 11°41′00″S160°20′00″E / 11.683333°S 160.333333°E / -11.683333; 160.333333 (East Rennell)	Natural (ix)	1998	East Rennell makes up the southern third of Rennell Island, the southernmost island in the Solomon Island group in the western Pacific. Rennell, 86 km long x 15 km wide, is the largest raised coral atoll in the world. The site includes approximately 37,000 ha and a marine area extending 3 nautical miles to sea. A major feature of the island is Lake Tegano, which was the former lagoon on the atoll. The lake, the largest in the insular Pacific (15,500 ha), is brackish and contains many rugged limestone islands and endemic species. Rennell is mostly covered with dense forest, with a canopy averaging 20 m in height. Combined with the strong climatic effects of frequent cyclones, the site is a true natural laboratory for scientific study. The site is under customary land ownership and management. [3]

Tentative List

Site	Image	Location	Criteria	Area ha (acre)	Year of submission	Description
Marovo - Tetepare Complex		Western Province 8°29′S158°04′E / 8.48°S 158.07°E / -8.48; 158.07 (Marovo - Tetepare Complex)	Mixed (iii)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii)(ix)(x)		2008	[4]
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Solomon Islands		Choiseul Province, Guadalcanal Province, Makira-Ulawa Province, Western Province 7°08′00″S156°57′00″E / 7.133333°S 156.95°E / -7.133333; 156.95 (Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Solomon Islands)	Natural (vii)(ix)(x)		2008	[5]

References

1. "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
2. "Solomon Islands". UNESCO. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
3. "East Rennell". 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.
4. "Marovo - Tetepare Complex". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
5. "Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Solomon Islands". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-12-30.