Natural world · Evidence-led place record

Troodos UNESCO Global Geopark

CY

Wander through the Troodos National Forest Park and take one of the geopark's 84 hiking trails.Marvel at the rare sight of an exposed fragment of an oceanic tectonic plate.Discover an ancient heritage of lost empires in the Byzantine chapels and monasteries.

CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationCY
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2015
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 114,700 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Troodos UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Troodos UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as Wander through the Troodos National Forest Park and take one of the geopark's 84 hiking trails.Marvel at the rare sight of an exposed fragment of an oceanic tectonic plate.Discover an ancient heritage of lost empires in the Byzantine chapels and monasteries. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.

Evidence and further exploration

The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.

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