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Archives: Geoheritage Sites

Inverted landscape of a Plio-Pleistocene phreatomagmatic monogenetic volcanic field in the Bakony-Balaton Upland

Basaltic mesas in the Tapolca Basin representing preserved proximal part of former maar-diatreme volcanoes. Lake Balaton is in the background. Photo by: Norbert Mészáros.

Great Salt Lake

Multiple horizontal Pleistocene Lake Bonneville shorelines at the north end of Antelope Island. Image: M. Chan.

Mackenzie Delta

The Mackenzie Delta is the most spectacular scenery in the Arctic. Dark green: delta, light green: uplands, beige: suspended sediments in channels, grey: lakes.

Getbol Tidal Flats

Island-type tidal flat with various shapes of tidal gullies in Shinan Getbol.

Fontaine de Vaucluse

Upper outlet of the Fontaine de Vaucluse during high water period (64.5 m3/s). (Photo by E. Simon).

Wakulla spring

Aerial view overlooking Wakulla Spring pool and spring run (courtesy of Florida Geological Survey).

Vrelo Bune Spring

Buna spring in Blagaj, Mostar (Bosnia & Herzegovina). Photo by Branislav Petrovic.

Mammoth Cave

The Mammoth Cave System contains the most extensive known system of cave passages in the world (Art Palmer).

The White Limestone Karst of Cockpit Country

Fault and joint controlled linear alignments among cockpits, near to the Alps, along the north eastern boundary of the Cockpit Country (photograph: Mr. Jack Tyndale-Briscoe).

Guilin Karst

Lijiang River with cone karst reflection, by LI Tengchao in 2008. The scene has been used as the symbol of China on the 20 Yuan CNY banknote.
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