Geoheritage sites list

Geoheritage sites list

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001
  • History of geosciences

Siccar point Hutton’s Unconformity

UNITED KINGDOM

002
  • History of geosciences

The Quaternary Phlegrean Fields volcanic complex

ITALY

003
  • History of geosciences

Mohorovičić discontinuity at Gros Morne National Park

CANADA

004
  • History of geosciences, Volcanology

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

FRANCE

005
  • History of geosciences

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

UNITED KINGDOM

006
  • History of geosciences

Funafuti Atoll

TUVALU

007
  • History of geosciences

Capelinhos volcano

PORTUGAL

008
  • History of geosciences

Taburiente volcanic Caldera in La Palma Island

SPAIN

009
  • History of geosciences

Quaternary glacial varves of Ragunda

SWEDEN

010
  • History of geosciences

Genbudo Cave

JAPAN

011
  • History of geosciences

GSSP for the Silurian-Devonian boundary at Klonk Hill

CZECH REPUBLIC

012
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Archean Barberton Greenstone Belt

SOUTH AFRICA

013
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Paleoproterozoic Banded Iron Formation of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero

BRAZIL

014
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Glacial record of the Marinoan snowball Earth

NAMIBIA

015
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology

The Cambrian Explosion in Sirius Passet

GREENLAND

016
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology

The Great Unconformity at Grand Canyon 

USA

017
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology

The Ordovician rocks of Mount Everest

CHINA AND NEPAL

018
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Permian – Triassic great extinction and GSSPs of Meishan

CHINA

019
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Carboniferous – Triassic Unconformity in Telheiro

PORTUGAL

020
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Cretaceous to Paleogene stratigraphic section of Bottaccione Gorge, Gubbio

ITALY

021
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Cretaceous – Paleogene transition at Seymour (Marambio) Island

ANTARCTICA

022
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Cretaceous – Paleogene stratigraphic section of Zumaia

SPAIN

023
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology

GSSP of the Meghalayan Stage in the Mawmluh Cave

INDIA

024
  • Paleontology

Ediacaran fossil site of Mistaken Point

CANADA

025
  • Paleontology

Ediacaran fossils in the Ediacara Hills, Flinders Ranges

AUSTRALIA

026
  • Paleontology

Cambrian Chengjiang Fossil Site and Lagerstätte

CHINA

027
  • Paleontology

Burgess Shale Cambrian Palaeontological Record

CANADA

028
  • Paleontology

Ordovician Fezouata Shale fossil site at Jbel Tizagzaouine

MOROCCO

029
  • Paleontology

Middle Ordovician Giant trilobites of Canelas Quarry

PORTUGAL

030
  • Paleontology

Devonian Tetrapod Trackways of Holy Cross mountains

POLAND

031
  • Paleontology

“Coal Age” Joggins Fossil Cliffs

CANADA

032
  • Paleontology

Late Permian Tete Fossil Forest

MOZAMBIQUE

033
  • Paleontology

The Ammonite Slab of Digne – les – Bains

FRANCE

034
  • Paleontology

Jurassic Solnhofen – Eichstätt Archaeopteryx serial site

GERMANY

035
  • Paleontology

Marine Reptile Lagerstätte from the Lower Cretaceous of the Ricaurte Alto

COLOMBIA

036
  • Paleontology

Dinosaur Provincial Park

CANADA

037
  • Paleontology

Late Cretaceous rudist bivalves of the Caribbean Province

JAMAICA

038
  • Paleontology

Eocene paleontological record of Messel Pit Fossil site

GERMANY

039
  • Paleontology

Miocene primates Paleontological site of Napak

UGANDA

040
  • Paleontology

Lesvos Early Miocene Petrified Forest

GREECE

041
  • Paleontology

Palaeoanthropological sites of Human Evolution of Laetoli – Olduvai Gorge

TANZANIA

042
  • Paleontology

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

USA

043
  • Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

Archean Zircons of Erawondoo Hill

AUSTRALIA

044
  • Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

The Hadean to Eoarchean Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt

CANADA

045
  • Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

Archean Rocks of the Eastern Beartooth Mountains

USA

046
  • Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

The Stillwater Complex

USA

047
  • Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

Early Cretaceous Rhyolitic Columnar Rock Formation of Hong Kong

CHINA

048
  • Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

Richat Structure, a Cretaceous Alkaline Complex

MAURITANIA

049
  • Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

The Miocene Torres del Paine Intrusive Complex

CHILE

050
  • Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

Mount Kinabalu Neogene Granite

MALAYSIA

051
  • Volcanology

The Danakil Rift depression and its volcanism

ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

052
  • Volcanology

The Quaternary Cameroon Volcano

CAMEROON

053
  • Volcanology

The historic scoria cone of the Jabal Qidr

SAUDI ARABIA

054
  • Volcanology

The Pleistocene Kilimanjaro Volcano

TANZANIA

055
  • Volcanology

The Holocene Ulmen maar

GERMANY

056
  • Volcanology

The 1905 – 1911 Matavanu volcanic eruption

SAMOA

057
  • Volcanology

The active Yasur – Yenkahe volcanic complex

VANUATU

058
  • Volcanology

La Isla de Ometepe Quaternary volcanoes in the Lake Nicaragua

NICARAGUA

059
  • Volcanology

The Poás Volcano

COSTA RICA

060
  • Volcanology

The Nevado del Ruiz Quaternary Volcanic Complex

COLOMBIA

061
  • Volcanology

The cotacachi – Cuicocha volcanic complex

ECUADOR

062
  • Volcanology

The Quaternary Santorini Caldera

GREECE

063
  • Volcanology

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

PERU

064
  • Volcanology

The Calicanto pyroclastic succession of the 1600 CE Huaynaputina eruption

PERU

065
  • Volcanology

The Miocene Cappadocian Ignimbrites sequence

TURKEY

066
  • Volcanology

El Tatio geothermal field

CHILE

067
  • Volcanology

The Yellowstone volcanic and hydrothermal system

USA

068
  • Tectonics

Ynys Llanddwyn late Neoproterozoic – Cambrian Mélange

UNITED KINGDOM

069
  • Tectonics

Namakdan Salt Cave

IRAN

070
  • Tectonics

The Moine Thrust Zone

UNITED KINGDOM

071
  • Tectonics

Upper Jurassic ophiolitic sequence in La Désirade Island

FRANCE

072
  • Tectonics

The South Tibetan Detachment System in the Rongbuk Valley

CHINA

073
  • Tectonics

Northern Snake Range metamorphic core complex

USA

074
  • Tectonics

Nojima Fault

JAPAN

075
  • Mineralogy

Tsumeb Ore Deposit

NAMIBIA

076
  • Mineralogy

The giant mercury deposit of the Almadén syncline

SPAIN

077
  • Mineralogy

Deposits of amethysts of los catalanes gemological district

URUGUAY

078
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Uluru inselberg

AUSTRALIA

079
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

The Sugar Loaf monolith of Rio de Janeiro

BRAZIL

080
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Shilin Karst

CHINA

081
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Tsingy of Bemaraha

MADAGASCAR

082
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

La Puerta del Diablo inverted relief

EL SALVADOR

083
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Quaternary interglacial coral and marine uplifted terraces of Maisí

CUBA

084
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

The Grand Canyon

USA

085
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Iguazú / Iguaçu waterfalls

ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL

086
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls

ZAMBIA AND ZIMBABWE

087
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Dry Falls and the Channeled Scabland

USA

088
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Jutulhogget Canyon

NORWAY

089
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Perito Moreno Glacier

ARGENTINA

090
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Rockglaciers of the Engadine

SWITZERLAND

091
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

The Okavango Delta

BOTSWANA

092
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Yardang (Kalut) in the Lut Desert

IRAN

093
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Namib Sand Sea

NAMIBIA

094
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology

Bilutu megadunes and lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert

CHINA

095
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Vajont landslide

ITALY

096
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Pamukkale Travertines 

TURKEY

097
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Puquios of the Llamara salt flat 

CHILE

098
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Škocjan Caves in the Classical Karst

SLOVENIA

099
  • Geomorphology and active geological processes

Sac actun underwater cave system

MEXICO

100
  • Impact structures and extraterrestrial rocks

Domo de Araguainha Impact Structure

BRAZIL