Natural world · Evidence-led place record

Qeshm Island UNESCO Global Geopark

IR

Take a trip to Hengam Island to see dolphins, or go snorkelling to witness the diversity of tropical fish swimming in the coral reef.Visit Bandar Laft on Qeshm’s north shore, popular for its Lenj Shipyard where traditional boats are still built and for its badgir (windcatchers), an ancient Persian architectural feature used to ventilate houses.Visit the Namakdan Salt Complex and the Namakdan Salt Cave, a 7-km chasm of multi-coloured galleries and beautiful salt crystals.

CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationIR
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2017
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 206,300 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Qeshm Island UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Qeshm Island UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as Take a trip to Hengam Island to see dolphins, or go snorkelling to witness the diversity of tropical fish swimming in the coral reef.Visit Bandar Laft on Qeshm’s north shore, popular for its Lenj Shipyard where traditional boats are still built and for its badgir (windcatchers), an ancient Persian architectural feature used to ventilate houses.Visit the Namakdan Salt Complex and the Namakdan Salt Cave, a 7-km chasm of multi-coloured galleries and beautiful salt crystals. 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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