In addition to today's blog post, I list here two groups of sites that may inspire future missing sites:

Named in the article and also on the T List:
· Eclipse Sound/Bylot Island Canada TWHS Sirmilik National Park
· Ellesmere Island National Park Canada TWHS Quttinirpaaq
· Big Bend National Park USA
· Changbaishan Nature Reserve China TWHS Vertical Vegetation Landscape and Volcanic Landscape in Changbai Mountain
· The Three Gorges of the Yangtze China TWHS Yangtze Gorges Scenic Spot
· Pieniny National Park Czechia and Poland TWHS Poland: The Dunejec River Gorge in the Pieniny Mountains
· Ras Muhammad Egypt
· Grand Paradiso/Vanoise National Parks France and Italy TWHS Parc national de la Vanoise
· Camargue France
· Nemegetu Basin Mongolia TWHS Cretaceous Dinosaur Fossil Sites in the Mongolian Gobi
· Asir National Park Saudi Arabia Likely part of TWHS Bioclimatic Refugia of Western Arabia
· Badkhyzsky Turkmenistan TWHS Badhyz State Nature Reserve for the wild ass
· Central Kalahari Game Reserve Botswana
· The Afar Triangle Ethiopia and Djibouti Lac Assal TWHS
· Nyika National Park Malawi
· Etosha Namibia
· Karoo Desert South Africa
· The Sudd South Sudan
· Boma Game Reserve South Sudan
· East and West Usambara Forests Tanzania Eastern Arc TWHS
· Little Rann of Kutch Wild Ass Sanctuary India
· Kulambangara Island Solomon Islands
· Cape York Peninsula Australia
· Great lnagua National Park Bahamas
· Lake Titicaca Bolivia
· Juan Fernandez National Park Chile
· Torres Del Paine National Park Chile
· Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Park Colombia
· Defensores de Chaco National Park Paraguay

And the second one:

Named in the article and no (T)WHS:
· Roderick Haig-Brown Conservation Area Canada
· Prince Leopold Island Canada Possibly also part of TWHS Sirmilik National Park
· Tuktoyaktuk Pingoes Canada
· Thomsen River Canada
· Beringian Refugium Canada
· Mesa Verde National Park USA Only cultural
· Arctic National Wildlife Refuge USA
· Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument USA
· Death Valley National Monument USA
· Joshua Tree National Monument USA
· Point Reyes National Seashore USA
· Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks USA
· Acadia National Park USA
· Bryce Canyon National Park USA
· Virginia Coast Reserve USA
· Choukoutien China Only cultural
· Mogao Grottoes China Only cultural
· Ice Forests of Mt. Qornolangma China Chinese side of Everest
· Decorated Grottoes of the Vezere Valley France Only cultural
· Mont St. Michel and its Bay France Only cultural
· Abruzzo National Park Italy
· Akan National Park Japan
· Nikko National Park Japan Only cultural
· Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park Japan Fuji WHS only cultural
· Cairngorms National Nature Reserve UK
· Kandalakcha State Reserve Russia
· Kara-Bojaz Gol Turkmenistan Garabogazköl lagoon
· The Delta of the Amu Darya, on the Aral Sea Uzbekistan
· Mt Cameroon Cameroon
· Aberdare NP Kenya
· Perinet Forest Reserve Madagascar
· "Toalambihy. Ampasambazimea,
· and Caves of Androhomana" Madagascar
· Gorongoza NP Mozambique
· Kruger National Park South Africa
· Uml'olozi-Hluhluwe Game Reserves South Africa
· Lake Tanganyika Tanzania
· Mt. Meru-Arusha National Park Tanzania
· Lwanga Valley Zambia
· Gir Forest Lion Sanctuary and National Park India
· Kanha Tiger Reserve and National Park India
· Ranthambhore Wildlife Sanctuary India
· Andaman Islands India
· Siberut Island Indonesia
· Meervlakte Indonesia "The dryland forests support thriving populations of numerous species of birds of paradise, bower birds, giant pigeons, tree kangaroos, and many other species endemic to New Guinea"
· Tanjung Puting Game Reserve Indonesia
· Kutai Game Reserve Indonesia
· Durnoga-Bone National Park Indonesia
· Island of Bali Indonesia
· Angkor Vat National Park Cambodia Angkor only cultural
· Elephant Mountains Cardamon Mountains Cambodia
· Bolovens Plateau Laos
· Niah Cave Malaysia Only cultural
· Yala/Ruhuna National Park Sri Lanka
· Langbian Plateau Vietnam
· Island of Tahiti France "Of particular scenic interest — once the colourful coastline has been left behind — is Lake Vaihiria, the only high volcanic lake in Polynesia"
· Foja Mountains Indonesia "the Foja mountains are so rugged that there is no evidence that humans had ever visited the region until a small expedition in 1979 discovered, for the first time in the wild, the Yellow-fronted Gardener Bowerbird (A,nhliornis /Iavi/rons); with no human hunting pressure, the fauna is remarkably tame and easy to observe."
· Long Island PNG
· Karkar Caldera PNG
· Le Pupu-Pue NP Western Samoa
· Savo Island Solomon Islands none
· The Channel Country Australia "inland ancient river systems that drain
· the catchment system of Lake Eyre"
· The Kimberlies Australia "leaving the stromatolite limestone reef exposed, just as the original reef rose out of the bed of the sea over 300 million years ago. Another outstanding feature is the Wolf Creek meteorite crater"
· Forest and Wildflower Regions Australia "The Fitzgerald River National Park (a Biosphere Reserve) is included within the site, as is the Dryandra forest which provides the stronghold of the Numbat,"
· Australian Antarctic Territory Australia Explained as a symbolic listing
· Poor Knights Islands New Zealand "Small islands known for the tuatara — a three-eyed reptilian throwback to the age of the dinosaurs"
· Petrified Forest Argentina
· Cerro Colorado Argentina
· Anegada Island and Surrounding Waters British Virgin Is.
· Sierra de Ia Macarena National Park Colombia
· Roraima Guyana
· Cueva del Guacharo National Park Venezuela
· Jaua-Sarisarinama National Park Venezuela
· Henry Pittier National Park Venezuela

Prince Leopold Island Canada is not a part of Sirmilik NP, for sure. But I don't know that whether they were nominated together in the same application.

If we ignore those inscribed solely for Cultural OUV quite a lot of the remainder are "Former T List" sites. It would seem that this List from 1982 was used to inform the development of T Lists. The subsequent removal of these sites without a successful nomination either shows that they were lacking in some other aspect -e.g Integrity, that "case law" for what makes a good "Natural WHS" has moved on since 1982 or that matters such as the desrie to develop an area or other "political factors" have come into play. It is notable how, in the early days when it was a "leader" in matters WHS the USA foresaw so many of its National Parks being inscribed. That has NOT happened! Do we assign this to the long period of US governmental/cultural hostility to having its sites inscribed or to an initial overblown view of what was so special about its NPs!

I haven't been through every "Former T List" (and we may have missed some anyway) but here is my initial list of those above which are Former T List sites
-Arctic National Wildlife Refuge USA
· Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument USA
· Death Valley National Monument USA
· Joshua Tree National Monument USA
· Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks USA
· Acadia National Park USA
· Bryce Canyon National Park USA
· Prince Leopold Island Canada
· Tuktoyaktuk Pingoes Canada
· Thomsen River Canada
· Gir Forest Lion Sanctuary and National Park India
· Kanha Tiger Reserve and National Park India
· Ranthambhore Wildlife Sanctuary India
· Cairngorms National Nature Reserve UK
· Anegada Island and Surrounding Waters British Virgin Is
· Abruzzo National Park Italy
· Mt Cameroon Cameroon

I tend to lean to the latter - they had a big set of already well-established national parks when other countries had nothing in place yet. That doesn't mean they are "better"

I find this an interesting one, as it protects the last area for the Asiatic Lions - a type of site that usually gets in easily.
India however doesn't nominate many natural WHS, maybe given the dominance of the ASI in heritage matters or regional politicians who find them too complex.

(the place isn't doing well by the way: https://www.girnationalpark.in/news/240-lions-have-died-in-gir-national-park-in-the-last-two-years.html)

Haven't seen winterkjm on here to comment yet, but one of the California sites is on the Tentative List:

Point Reyes National Seashore is a component of the proposed California Current Conservation Complex. It's a very scenic section of the California coast just north of San Francisco, with a fair amount of seals, and opportunities for whale-watching offshore. There's also a fence along the San Andreas Fault that shows plate movement from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Winterkjm has also highlighted a joint US-Mexico initiative that hopes to extend Mexico's El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar National Biosphere Reserve to include Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in the US.

Also catching my eye in the US list is the Virginia Coast Reserve (now known as the Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve). The US has several barrier islands on the East Coast, which, like many other coastal habitats serve as an important stop for migratory birds. The reserve also protects the local oyster population. I'm not sure whether this is something that would reach World Heritage status, but it's nice to see an East Coast habitat recognized.

I don't have too much to add, but I do see these as inevitable inscriptions. We may have some years yet for the California Current Conservation Complex to get to that point where a dossier is completed and sent to UNESCO, but its an easy inscription. Regarding Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, it would be sensible to extend the already inscribed adjacent Mexican property. I think the later will be inscribed first despite there being no official tentative nomination yet.

The CCCC is vast and Point Reyes National Seashore is only one part of this nomination.

Of the mentioned sites, 'World Heritage USA' has made it fairly clear they are not too interested in renominations for cultural or natural criteria (example Grand Canyon or Mesa Verde), despite my inquiries via email that it might be worth the effort! That position could change, but it seems unlikely at the moment. Acadia National Park in Maine and Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah both face over tourism challenges, so I don't see a future addition to the US Tentative List. I remain convinced that the now National Parks (since 1994) and since expanded Death Valley and Joshua Tree NP's should be included as key components in a massive Mojave Desert world heritage nomination, which I have submitted during public comment periods to the NPS. Every new Republican administration seems to be interested in oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but thankfully their efforts have mostly stalled, though this could change on November 5th (even with the additional protections placed on the refuge recently). The Virginia Coast Reserve, now the Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve is a National Natural Landmark and certainly might be a worthy candidate in the eyes of World Heritage USA, but I suppose that would be a long time coming if it ever does express interest in pursuing a world heritage nomination. I am certainly curious to see what makes the cut if an updated US Tentative List is developed in the next few years.

It is funny to see the allusion to the yeti in the description of the Sagarmatha.