List of World Heritage Sites in Mongolia

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.

To date, 4 sites, including 3 cultural and 1 natural, have been inscribed from Mongolia. On site, the Uvs Nuur Basin, is a transboundary site including areas in both Mongolia and Russia, and is one of the largest sites inscribed as a World Heritage.

World Heritage Sites

Site	Image	Location	Criteria	Area ha (acre)	Year	Description	Refs
Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape		Orkhon River Valley (Arkhangai Province, Övörkhangai Province, Bulgan Province, Selenge Province)	ii, iii, iv (Cultural)	121,967 ha	2004		1081
Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai	File:Petroglyphic Complexes of the Altai, Mongolia.jpg Petroglyphic Complexes of the Altai	Altai Mountains (Bayan-Olgii Province)	iii (Cultural)	11,300 ha	2011		1382
Uvs Nuur Basin		Uvs Lake (transboundary, Mongolia and Russia)	ix, x (Natural)	898,064 ha	2003		769
Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape		Khentii Province	iv, vi (Cultural)	443,739 ha	2015		1440

Tentative list

• Tsagaan Salaa Rock Paintings (1996)
• Khoit tsenkher cave rock painting (1996)
• Khovsgol lake Tsaatan Shamanistic Landscape (1996)
• Gobi Gurvansaikhan Desert Fossil (1996)
• Great Gobi Desert (1996)
• Amarbayasgalant monastery and sacred cultural landscape (1996)
• The Upper Tsagaan Gol Complex (2009)