HERITAGE RECORD · 630

K’gari

弗雷泽岛

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

K’gari lies just off the east coast of Australia. At 122 km long, it is the largest sand island in the world. Majestic remnants of tall rainforest growing on sand and half the world’s perched freshwater dune lakes are found inland from the beach. The combination of shifting sand-dunes, tropical rainforests and lakes makes it an exceptional site.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ134905 ↗

Inception1992

Area1840 ha

Administrative areaQ1066809 · Q36074

Named afterQ5362134

WikipediaK'gari ↗

Chinese Wikipedia弗雷澤島 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(vii)Superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.

(viii)An outstanding record of Earth’s history, geological processes or significant landforms.

(ix)Outstanding ecological and biological processes in the evolution of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems.

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