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Archives: Geoheritage Sites

Ha Long Bay-Cat Ba Archipelago

Part of the spectacular drowned seascape of thousands of islands and islets of Ha Long Bay (Photo: @Xuan Thuy).

Tepuis and quartzite karst of Gran Sabana

Tepuis are surrounded by sheer cliffs hosting numerous waterfalls, including Angel Falls (979 meters), the highest waterfall on Earth.

Fjords and towering sea cliffs of Fiordland

Annually one million tourists visit Milford Sound and marvel at Mitre Peak's (1683 meters) glacial horn. The fjord's cliffs tower 1500-2000 meters. Photo: Bernhard Spragg.

Fjords and glaciers in Hornsund and Van Mijenfjorden, Svalbard

Landscape of Hornsund, with rugged mountains and fast-receding tidewater Hansbreen glacier (Photo by Adam Nawrot).

Vatnajökull

Subglacial eruption of Gjálp volcano in northwestern part of the Vatnajökull glacier (3 October 1996). Copyright Oddur Sigurðsson, Icelandic Meteorological Office.

Yosemite Valley

Yosemite Valley from Tunnel View. (Will Parrinello, Mill Valley Film Group).

Vredefort Dome

The scenic Vredefort Mountainland: differential rotation, overturning, and block-faulting of quartzite (lower Witwatersrand Supergroup) caused by the impact. Width of quartzite beds: ~60 meters. Photo: W.U. Reimold.

Ries Crater

Panoramic view of the Ries crater with the town of Nördlingen in the central part (Geopark Ries, Photographer Fotostudio Herzig).

Lake Bosumtwi Impact Crater

Aerial overview of the Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana.

The Barringer Meteorite Crater

Satellite image of Meteor Crater. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory.
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