Sundarbans National Park World Heritage Site

Official name

Sundarbans National Park | UNESCO

Country

India | Map

Continent

Asia

Location

West Bengal
21.9450° Lat, 88.8958° Lon | Map

Code

452

Time Zone

Asia/Kolkata (IST, +0530)

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Category

Natural

Description

Inscribed 1987. The Sundarbans covers 10,000 km 2 of land and water (more than half of it in India, the rest in Bangladesh) in the Ganges delta. It contains the world's largest area of mangrove forests. A number of rare or endangered species live in the park, including tigers, aquatic mammals, birds and reptiles.