Heritage

World heritage

Lord Howe Island Group

Lord Howe Island Group. Photo: Ed Slater.

The Lord Howe Island Group has spectacular landscapes, including volcanic mountains, and diverse low-lying rainforests, palm forests and grasslands. There are a large number of species of native plants, of which many are endemic to Lord Howe Island, and colonies of endangered seabirds.

The Lord Howe Island Group was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982.

The Lord Howe Island Group was one of 15 World Heritage places included in the National Heritage List on 21 May 2007.

Lord Howe Island. Photo: Ed Slater

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