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NaturalRef. 898

High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago

Natural World Heritage property in Finland and Sweden, inscribed in 2000 under criterion (viii).

High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago, Finland
Photo: Wouter Breedveld · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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States Parties
FinlandSweden
Year of inscription
2000
Criteria
viii
Area of property
3,369 km²
Location
Kramfors Municipality, Örnsköldsvik Municipality
What it is
group, geographical feature
Component parts
5 (serial property)
Landform
Gulf of Bothnia
Reference
WHC 898 · Wikidata Q10532185

Why it is on the List

(viii)An outstanding record of the major stages of Earth’s history: the record of life, geological processes or landforms.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Old Rauma, Finland223 kmOld RaumaFinland · 1991CulturalSammallahdenmäki, Finland227 kmSammallahdenmäkiFinland · 1999CulturalPetäjävesi Old Church, Finland258 kmPetäjävesi Old ChurchFinland · 1994CulturalDecorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland, Sweden266 kmDecorated Farmhouses of HälsinglandSweden · 2012CulturalGammelstad Church Town, Sweden297 kmGammelstad Church TownSweden · 1996CulturalFalun Mine, Sweden373 kmFalun MineSweden · 2001Cultural
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