A total of nine sites of interest of special cultural and environmental significance in ARGENTINA are designated on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Four national parks listed as World Heritage Sites showcase Argentina's diverse climates and landscapes: dry desert areas in the extreme northwest and west-central regions, subtropical rainforests in the east and northeast, and mountainous terrain along the western border with Chile. The first Argentinian property to be inscribed on the list (1981), Parque Nacional Los Glaciares (Los Glaciers National Park) of southern and southwestern Argentina boasts breathtaking scenery of the Andes Mountains and multiple glacial lakes, include Lago Anita, Lago Argentino, and Lago Tannhauser. Inscribed three years later, northeastern Argentina's Iguazu National Park features mesmerizing waterfalls and a high biodiversity in a rainforest setting.
Parque Provincial Ischigualasto (Ischigualasto Provincial Park) and Parque Nacional Talampaya — combined into one heritage site called Ischigualasto/Talampaya Natural Parks — extend over 275,300 hectares, 2,753 square kilometers, and 1,063 square miles across the desert regions of northwestern Argentina's La Rioja and San Juan provinces. Argentina's newest inscribed property, the Qhapaq Ñan Andean road system (2014), is an important trade route extending across Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. These are Argentina's remaining heritage sites: Cueva de las Manos (amazing hand imprint cave paintings, as shown above), the Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba, Jesuit Missions of the Guaraní Indians, Península Valdés, and Quebrada de Humahuaca valley.
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