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Mourne Gullion Strangford UNESCO Global Geopark

GB

Take a fishing trip on Strangford Lough, renowned for its salmon, sea trout, and pollock, or try your luck from the shore at one of many scenic spots throughout the geopark.Explore Murlough National Nature Reserve with 6,000-year-old sand dunes, over twenty-two species of butterflies, and boardwalks through wildflower-rich landscapes.Follow the Gullion Geological Trail around Slieve Gullion, where a 60-million-year-old volcanic ring dyke forms a unique geological feature of international scienti

CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationGB
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2023
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 196,000 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Mourne Gullion Strangford UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Mourne Gullion Strangford UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as Take a fishing trip on Strangford Lough, renowned for its salmon, sea trout, and pollock, or try your luck from the shore at one of many scenic spots throughout the geopark.Explore Murlough National Nature Reserve with 6,000-year-old sand dunes, over twenty-two species of butterflies, and boardwalks through wildflower-rich landscapes.Follow the Gullion Geological Trail around Slieve Gullion, where a 60-million-year-old volcanic ring dyke forms a unique geological feature of international scienti. 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

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