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Re: OT: Unesco's Geopark list
Luciano 2010-Oct-06 18:45:00
Beautiful shots Inaki
Congrats!
Luciano B.
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Inaki <#removed#> wrote:
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> Hi!
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> I'm happy to tell you all that the cliffs featured on my 'Diversity' entry
> have made it into the UNESCO's Geopark list.
> I'm quoting from
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> http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/eleven_site...
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> "During the 9th European Geoparks Conference on the island of Lesvos
> (Greece) from 1 to 5 October, the Global Geoparks Network Bureau admitted 11
> new members in nine countries. The Global Network of National Geoparks,
> created under the aegis of UNESCO in 2004, now comprises 77 Geoparks in 24
> countries around the world.
> The new members are:
> Basque Coast, Gipuzkoa, Euskadi/País Vasco, Spain
> In northwest Spain close to the French/Spanish border, the Geopark
> highlights a unique relationship between geological, natural and cultural
> heritage. The coastal cliffs and spectacular abrasion platforms of the
> Cantabrian Coast are bordered by a mountainous landscape rising to heights
> of 1000 m. A long cultural history is represented by cave paintings and
> shamanistic artefacts and a magnificent Gothic church, Santa Maria la Real,
> in Deba".
>
> And the list follows on with the rest of the new locations.
> In fact it is the whole coastline of Gipuzkoa that has been included in the
> list.
> If you are interested and want to take a look at it here are some links:
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> The abrasion platform, the flysch and the KT boundary may be seen in
> Algorri (Zumaia), and Sakoneta
> www.panoleku.com/wwp/div/div.html
> www.panoleku.com/cotebasque/algorri.html
> www.panoleku.com/cotebasque/sakoneta.html
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> The so called 'black flysch', in Saturraran
> www.panoleku.com/cotebasque/saturraranbarco_295.html
> www.panoleku.com/cotebasque/7playas.html
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> And this one is worth seeing to realize the fury of the surf hitting the
> coastline (in San Sebastian).
> www.panoleku.com/cotebasque/urgullolas_423.html
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> Inaki
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