The High Coast
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| State Party |  Finland and  Sweden |
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| Type | Natural | |
| Criteria | viii | |
| Identification | #898 | |
| Region2 | Europe and North America | |
| Inscription History | ||
| Formal Inscription: | 2000 24th WH Committee Session |
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| Extension/s | 2006 | |
| WH link: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/898 | |
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1 Name as officially inscribed on the WH List |
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The High Coast (Swedish: Höga kusten) is a part of the Swedish coast on the Gulf of Bothnia, situated in the municipalities of Kramfors, Härnösand and Örnsköldsvik and notable as the "type area" for research on isostacy, the phenomenon having been first recognised and studied there. Since the last ice age the land has risen 800 m, which accounds for the unusual landscape with tall cliff formations.
UNESCO, while inscribing the area on the World Heritage List in 2000, remarked that "the High Coast site affords outstanding opportunities for the understanding of the important processes that formed the glaciated and land uplift areas of the Earth's surface".
[edit] External links
- Official Höga Kusten website
- Höga Kusten info, from Örnsköldsvik municipal website
- Höga Kusten Bridge
- World Heritage profile
- Höga Kusten tourism website
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