UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Scotland)

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29 August 2024
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Summary

World Heritage Sites are designated to meet the UK's commitments under the World Heritage Convention. The UK's ratification also extends to its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. These sites are designated for their globally important cultural or natural interest and require appropriate management and protection measures. Natural properties may be terrestrial or marine areas.

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NatureScot OpenData Hub N/A 29 August 2024 Not available
GeoJSON (EPSG:4326) ZIP 29 August 2024 Not available
GML (EPSG:4258) ZIP 29 August 2024 Not available
Geopackage (EPSG:27700) ZIP 29 August 2024 Not available
ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700) ZIP 29 August 2024 Not available
ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700) ZIP 29 August 2024 Not available
protectedareas:whs N/A 29 August 2024 Not available
whs N/A 29 August 2024 Not available

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Added to data.gov.uk
2024-08-09
Access contraints
Available under the UK Open Government Licence https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Harvest GUID
9DB7C41B-6FD4-4C19-AFEA-1DCE27127593
Extent
Latitude: 59.4247° to 56.3655°
Longitude: -10.5537° to -1.8631°
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)
Dataset reference date
2024-07-31 (revision)
Frequency of update
irregular
Responsible party
NatureScot (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng
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