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OT: Unesco's Geopark list
Inaki 2010-Oct-06 18:06:00
Hi!
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
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/eleven_site...
"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/Pa?s 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:
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
The so called 'black flysch', in Saturraran
www.panoleku.com/cotebasque/saturraranbarco_295.html
www.panoleku.com/cotebasque/7playas.html
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
Inaki