Geoheritage sites list

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History of geosciences

Siccar point Hutton’s Unconformity

UNITED KINGDOM

History of geosciences

The Quaternary Phlegrean Fields volcanic complex

ITALY

History of geosciences

Mohorovičić discontinuity at Gros Morne National Park

CANADA

History of geosciences, Volcanology

The Holocene Puy-de-Dôme and Petit-Puy-de-Dôme volcanoes

FRANCE

History of geosciences

The Paleocene volcanic rocks of the Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast

UNITED KINGDOM

History of geosciences

Funafuti Atoll

TUVALU

History of geosciences

Capelinhos volcano

PORTUGAL

History of geosciences

Taburiente volcanic Caldera in La Palma Island

SPAIN

History of geosciences

Quaternary glacial varves of Ragunda

SWEDEN

History of geosciences

Genbudo Cave

JAPAN

History of geosciences

GSSP for the Silurian-Devonian boundary at Klonk Hill

CZECH REPUBLIC

Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Archean Barberton Greenstone Belt

SOUTH AFRICA

Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Paleoproterozoic Banded Iron Formation of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero

BRAZIL

Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Glacial record of the Marinoan snowball Earth

NAMIBIA

Stratigraphy and sedimentology

The Cambrian Explosion in Sirius Passet

GREENLAND

Stratigraphy and sedimentology

The Great Unconformity at Grand Canyon

USA

Stratigraphy and sedimentology

The Ordovician rocks of Mount Everest

CHINA AND NEPAL

Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Permian – Triassic great extinction and GSSPs of Meishan

CHINA

Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Carboniferous – Triassic Unconformity in Telheiro

PORTUGAL

Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Cretaceous to Paleogene stratigraphic section of Bottaccione Gorge, Gubbio

ITALY

Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Cretaceous – Paleogene transition at Seymour (Marambio) Island

ANTARCTICA

Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Cretaceous – Paleogene stratigraphic section of Zumaia

SPAIN

Stratigraphy and sedimentology

GSSP of the Meghalayan Stage in the Mawmluh Cave

INDIA

Paleontology

Ediacaran fossil site of Mistaken Point

CANADA

Paleontology

Ediacaran fossils in the Ediacara Hills, Flinders Ranges

AUSTRALIA

Paleontology

Cambrian Chengjiang Fossil Site and Lagerstätte

CHINA

Paleontology

Burgess Shale Cambrian Palaeontological Record

CANADA

Paleontology

Ordovician Fezouata Shale fossil site at Jbel Tizagzaouine

MOROCCO

Paleontology

Middle Ordovician Giant trilobites of Canelas Quarry

PORTUGAL

Paleontology

Devonian Tetrapod Trackways of Holy Cross mountains

POLAND

Paleontology

“Coal Age” Joggins Fossil Cliffs

CANADA

Paleontology

Late Permian Tete Fossil Forest

MOZAMBIQUE

Paleontology

The Ammonite Slab of Digne – les – Bains

FRANCE

Paleontology

Jurassic Solnhofen – Eichstätt Archaeopteryx serial site

GERMANY

Paleontology

Marine Reptile Lagerstätte from the Lower Cretaceous of the Ricaurte Alto

COLOMBIA

Paleontology

Dinosaur Provincial Park

CANADA

Paleontology

Late Cretaceous rudist bivalves of the Caribbean Province

JAMAICA

Paleontology

Eocene paleontological record of Messel Pit Fossil site

GERMANY

Paleontology

Miocene primates Paleontological site of Napak

UGANDA

Paleontology

Lesvos Early Miocene Petrified Forest

GREECE

Paleontology

Palaeoanthropological sites of Human Evolution of Laetoli – Olduvai Gorge

TANZANIA

Paleontology

Late Quaternary Asphalt Seeps and Paleontological site of La Brea Tar Pits

USA

Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

Archean Zircons of Erawondoo Hill

AUSTRALIA

Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

The Hadean to Eoarchean Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt

CANADA

Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

Archean Rocks of the Eastern Beartooth Mountains

USA

Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

The Stillwater Complex

USA

Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

Early Cretaceous Rhyolitic Columnar Rock Formation of Hong Kong

CHINA

Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

Richat Structure, a Cretaceous Alkaline Complex

MAURITANIA

Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

The Miocene Torres del Paine Intrusive Complex

CHILE

Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

Mount Kinabalu Neogene Granite

MALAYSIA

Volcanology

The Danakil Rift depression and its volcanism

ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

Volcanology

The Quaternary Cameroon Volcano

CAMEROON

Volcanology

The historic scoria cone of the Jabal Qidr

SAUDI ARABIA

Volcanology

The Pleistocene Kilimanjaro Volcano

TANZANIA

Volcanology

The Holocene Ulmen maar

GERMANY

Volcanology

The 1905 – 1911 Matavanu volcanic eruption

SAMOA

Volcanology

The active Yasur – Yenkahe volcanic complex

VANUATU

Volcanology

La Isla de Ometepe Quaternary volcanoes in the Lake Nicaragua

NICARAGUA

Volcanology

The Poás Volcano

COSTA RICA

Volcanology

The Nevado del Ruiz Quaternary Volcanic Complex

COLOMBIA

Volcanology

The cotacachi – Cuicocha volcanic complex

ECUADOR

Volcanology

The Quaternary Santorini Caldera

GREECE

Volcanology

The vapor phase ignimbrites of Sillar in the Añashuayco Quarries of Arequipa

PERU

Volcanology

The Calicanto pyroclastic succession of the 1600 CE Huaynaputina eruption

PERU

Volcanology

The Miocene Cappadocian Ignimbrites sequence

TURKEY

Volcanology

El Tatio geothermal field

CHILE

Volcanology

The Yellowstone volcanic and hydrothermal system

USA

Tectonics

Ynys Llanddwyn late Neoproterozoic – Cambrian Mélange

UNITED KINGDOM

Tectonics

Namakdan Salt Cave

IRAN

Tectonics

The Moine Thrust Zone

UNITED KINGDOM

Tectonics

Upper Jurassic ophiolitic sequence in La Désirade Island

FRANCE

Tectonics

The South Tibetan Detachment System in the Rongbuk Valley

CHINA

Tectonics

Northern Snake Range metamorphic core complex

USA

Tectonics

Nojima Fault

JAPAN

Mineralogy

Tsumeb Ore Deposit

NAMIBIA

Mineralogy

The giant mercury deposit of the Almadén syncline

SPAIN

Mineralogy

Deposits of amethysts of los catalanes gemological district

URUGUAY

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Uluru inselberg

AUSTRALIA

Geomorphology and active geological processes

The Sugar Loaf monolith of Rio de Janeiro

BRAZIL

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Shilin Karst

CHINA

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Tsingy of Bemaraha

MADAGASCAR

Geomorphology and active geological processes

La Puerta del Diablo inverted relief

EL SALVADOR

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Quaternary interglacial coral and marine uplifted terraces of Maisí

CUBA

Geomorphology and active geological processes

The Grand Canyon

USA

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Iguazú / Iguaçu waterfalls

ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls

ZAMBIA AND ZIMBABWE

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Dry Falls and the Channeled Scabland

USA

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Jutulhogget Canyon

NORWAY

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Perito Moreno Glacier

ARGENTINA

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Rockglaciers of the Engadine

SWITZERLAND

Geomorphology and active geological processes

The Okavango Delta

BOTSWANA

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Yardang (Kalut) in the Lut Desert

IRAN

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Namib Sand Sea

NAMIBIA

Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Bilutu megadunes and lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert

CHINA

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Vajont landslide

ITALY

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Pamukkale Travertines

TURKEY

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Puquios of the Llamara salt flat

CHILE

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Škocjan Caves in the Classical Karst

SLOVENIA

Geomorphology and active geological processes

Sac actun underwater cave system

MEXICO

Impact structures and extraterrestrial rocks

Domo de Araguainha Impact Structure

BRAZIL

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