Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
UNESCO Map
Description: The landscape in this park, situated in south-west New Zealand, has been shaped by successive glaciations into fjords, rocky coasts, towering cliffs, lakes and waterfalls. Two-thirds of the park is covered with southern beech and podocarps, some of which are over 800 years old. The kea, the only alpine parrot in the world, lives in the park, as does the rare and endangered takahe, a large flightless bird.
Date inscribed: 1990.0
Area in hectares: 2600000
Category specified: Natural
State: New Zealand
Region: Asia and the Pacific
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srprjc1J9qo