Natural world · Evidence-led place record

Lauhanvuori-Hämeenkangas UNESCO Global Geopark

FI

Visit Susiluola (Wolf Cave), the oldest archaeological site in the geopark.The medieval road of Kyrönkankaantie is one of the best-preserved medieval roads in Finland.The region is home to vast wildlife, typical of the boreal coniferous forest, including bears, lynx and wolves. The elk population is high and more recently, a population of Finnish Forest Reindeer has been reintroduced to the area.

CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationFI
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2020
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 490,796 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Lauhanvuori-Hämeenkangas UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Lauhanvuori-Hämeenkangas UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as Visit Susiluola (Wolf Cave), the oldest archaeological site in the geopark.The medieval road of Kyrönkankaantie is one of the best-preserved medieval roads in Finland.The region is home to vast wildlife, typical of the boreal coniferous forest, including bears, lynx and wolves. The elk population is high and more recently, a population of Finnish Forest Reindeer has been reintroduced to the area. 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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