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Novohrad-Nógrád UNESCO Global Geopark

HU,SK

Explore the region’s medieval castles, such as that of Fülek and Hollókö.Discover fossilised remains of 17-million-year-old habitats at the Ipolytarnoc Fossils Nature Reserve.Marvel at the columnar basalt outcrop formations of Somoska, where solidified lava created stunning geological features.

Novohrad-Nógrád UNESCO Global Geopark in HU,SK
Photo: Timur lenk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationHU,SK
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2015
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 161,900 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Novohrad-Nógrád UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Novohrad-Nógrád UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as Explore the region’s medieval castles, such as that of Fülek and Hollókö.Discover fossilised remains of 17-million-year-old habitats at the Ipolytarnoc Fossils Nature Reserve.Marvel at the columnar basalt outcrop formations of Somoska, where solidified lava created stunning geological features. 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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