List of World Heritage Sites in Chile

Churches of Chiloé

Valparaíso

Humberstone and Santa Laura

Sewell

Chinchorro mummies

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Location of World Heritage Sites in Chile. Rapa Nui National Park, located 3,700 km (2,300 mi) west of the coast in the Pacific Ocean, is outside of the map. The sites of the Inca road system, with 33 locations in Chile, are also not shown on the map.

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.^[1] Cultural heritage consists of monuments (such as architectural works, monumental sculptures, or inscriptions), groups of buildings, and sites (including archaeological sites). Natural features (consisting of physical and biological formations), geological and physiographical formations (including habitats of threatened species of animals and plants), and natural sites which are important from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty, are defined as natural heritage.^[2] Chile accepted the convention on 20 February 1980, making its sites eligible for inclusion on the list.^[3]

There are seven World Heritage Sites in Chile, and a further 17 sites on its tentative list. The first site added to the list was the Rapa Nui National Park, which was listed in 1995. The most recent site listed was the Settlement and Artificial Mummification of the Chinchorro Culture in the Arica and Parinacota Region, in 2021.^[3] All sites in Chile are listed for their cultural significance. Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System is a transnational site and is shared with Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works was listed as endangered between 2005 (immediately upon the listing) and 2019 because of the vulnerable state of the buildings.^[4] Chile has served on the World Heritage Committee once.^[3]