Current List of the 20 Largest Nationally Designated Protected Areas Worldwide


Country

Site Name

Size
(square kilometres)

IUCN Management Category

Local Designation

Greenland North-East Greenland 972,000 II National Park
Saudi Arabia Ar-Rub'al-Khali 640,000 VI Wildlife Management Area
Kiribati Phoenix Islands 410,500 No Category Protected Area
Australia Great Barrier Reef 344,400 VI Marine Park
United States Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument 341,362 VI Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve
China Qiangtang 298,000 V Nature Reserve
Kiribati Phoenix Islands 184,700 No Category Protected Area
Australia Macquarie Island 162,060 IV Marine Park
China Sanjiangyuan 152,300 V Nature Reserve
Ecuador Galápagos 133,000 VI Marine Reserve
Saudi Arabia Northern Wildlife Management Zone 100,875 VI Wildlife Management Area
Sudan Wadi Howar 100,000 No Category National Park
Brazil Médio Rio Negro II 99,185 No Category Indigenous Area
Australia Ngaanyatjarra Lands 98,129 VI Indigenous Protected Area
Brazil Yanomami 96,014 No Category Indigenous Area
Brazil Vale do Javari 85,711 No Category Indigenous Area
Venezuela Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare 84,000 VI Biosphere Reserve
Brazil Alto Rio Negro 80,386 No Category Indigenous Area
Italy Mouths of Bonifacio - Bonifacio Straits 80,000 No Category International Marine Park
Chad Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim 80,000 IV Faunal Reserve
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