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Rock carvings at Alta

Cultural World Heritage property in Norway, inscribed in 1985 under criterion (iii).

Rock carvings at Alta, Norway
Photo: Karl Brodowsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Birka and HovgårdenBryggenChurches of the Pskov School of ArchitectureCultural Landscape of Kenozero LakeDecorated Farmhouses of HälsinglandDrottningholm PalaceEngelsberg IronworksFalun MineFerapontov MonasteryGammelstad Church TownGrimeton VLF transmitterHanseatic town of VisbyHigh Coast/Kvarken ArchipelagoHistoric Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of MonumentsHistoric Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundingshistorical centre of YaroslavlKizhi PogostKronborg CastleLaponian National ParkNaval City of KarlskronaOld RaumaOld town of KuldīgaPetäjävesi Old ChurchPetroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White SeaRjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage SiteRock carvings at AltaRock Carvings in TanumRøros Mining Town and the CircumferenceSammallahdenmäkiSkogskyrkogårdenSolovetsky IslandsSouthern Öland cultural landscapeSuomenlinnaTallinn Old TownThe Bony Fish Fossils of the Western Limfjord – Evolution and Climate Adaptation in the Earliest EoceneTrinity Lavra of St. SergiusUrnes Stave ChurchVecrīgaVega ArchipelagoVerlaViking Age Ring FortressesWest Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and NærøyfjordWhite Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal69.947° N, 23.188° E
State Party
Norway
Year of inscription
1985
Criteria
iii
Area of property
54 ha
Location
Alta
What it is
petroglyph, rock art
Component parts
5 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 352 · Wikidata Q433634

Why it is on the List

(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Laponian National Park, Sweden368 kmLaponian National ParkSweden · 1996MixedGammelstad Church Town, Sweden481 kmGammelstad Church TownSweden · 1996CulturalVega Archipelago, Norway673 kmVega ArchipelagoNorway · 2004CulturalSolovetsky Islands, Russia761 kmSolovetsky IslandsRussia · 1992CulturalHigh Coast/Kvarken Archipelago, Finland774 kmHigh Coast/Kvarken ArchipelagoFinland · 2000NaturalPetäjävesi Old Church, Finland860 kmPetäjävesi Old ChurchFinland · 1994Cultural
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