Tasmania's World Heritage Area

World Heritage Areas are established under UNESCO's World Heritage Convention. (UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.)

Tasmania's World Heritage sites cover an area of 1.38 million hectares - about 20 per cent of the Island.

It includes the Southwest National Park, the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park,  the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, the Walls of Jerusalem National Park, the Hartz Mountain National Park, Mole Creek Karst National Park, the eastern end of Macquarie Harbour on the west coast and the Central Plateau Conservation Area.

The World Heritage Area also includes historic sites, such as Sarah Island in Macquarie Harbour.

Macquarie Island joined our other World Heritage sites in 1997. A number of Antarctic expedition companies stop at the island on their journey south.