DESIGNATIONS SITES
Designations
Since 2022 the IUGS Executive Committee has ratified 200 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites. The First 100 were announced during the IUGS 60th anniversary event in Zumaia (Basque Coast UGGp, Spain). The Second 100 were announced during the 37th International Geological Congress in August 2024 in Busan (Republic of Korea).
IUGS recognition of Geological Heritage Sites gives visibility to those sites. It identifies them as being of the highest scientific value. They are sites that served to develop the science of geology, particularly its early history. They are the world’s best demonstra- tions of geologic features and processes. They are the sites of fabulous discoveries of the Earth and its history.
IUGS Geological Heritage Sites
- History of geosciences
UNITED KINGDOM
- Stratigraphy and sedimentology
BRAZIL
- Stratigraphy and sedimentology
ITALY
- Stratigraphy and sedimentology
ANTARCTICA
- Igneous and Metamorphic petrology
CHINA
- Geomorphology and active geological processes
