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World Heritage Sites in Kiribati
Kiribati has 1 site on UNESCO’s World Heritage List — 1 natural. Below: how they split by type, and the headline sites. From UNESCO’s official list, snapshot 2026-06-22.
SITES1
CULTURAL · NATURAL0 · 1
IN DANGER0
By heritage type
Cultural0 · 0%
Natural1 · 100%
Mixed0 · 0%
Notable sites in Kiribati
A spread of the country’s heritage — the rarer mixed and natural sites first, then its earliest inscriptions.
naturalPhoenix Islands Protected Area2010
The Phoenix Island Protected Area (PIPA) is a 408,250 sq.km expanse of marine and terrestrial habitats in the Southern Pacific Ocean. The property encompasses the Phoenix Island Group, one of three island groups in Kiribati, and is the largest designated Marine Protected Area in the world. PIPA c…