| DOSSIERS | World Heritage Committee - Suzhou (China) June 28-July 7, 2004
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| The 14km2 Inaccessible Island was added to the Gough Island Wildlife Reserve, in the South Atlantic, first inscribed in 1995. The site, now called Gough and Inaccessible Islands, is one of the least-disrupted island and marine ecosystems in the cool temperate zone. |
The spectacular cliffs of each island, towering above the ocean, are free of introduced mammals and homes to one of the world's largest colonies of sea birds. Gough Island is home to two endemic species of land birds, the gallinule and the Gough rowettie, as well as to 12 endemic species of plants, while Inaccessible Island boasts of two birds, eight plants and at least ten invertebrates endemic to the island.
Photo © IUCN, Gland
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