Natural world · Evidence-led place record

Bakony–Balaton UNESCO Global Geopark

HU

The Lake Cave, which extends for 13 km below the city of Tapolca, allows visitors to paddle the waters of an underground lake.The geopark boasts several Romanic and Gothic churches and defensive fortresses such as those of Veszprém and Palota. Whole streets of stone buildings with arched porches and stone castle fences have been preserved such as those of Magyarpolány, Vöröstó and Szigliget.Visit the curious ‘seas of stones’ around the Káli Basin.

Bakony–Balaton UNESCO Global Geopark in HU
Photo: Korbély Barnabás · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationHU
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2015
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 324,400 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Bakony–Balaton UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Bakony–Balaton UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as The Lake Cave, which extends for 13 km below the city of Tapolca, allows visitors to paddle the waters of an underground lake.The geopark boasts several Romanic and Gothic churches and defensive fortresses such as those of Veszprém and Palota. Whole streets of stone buildings with arched porches and stone castle fences have been preserved such as those of Magyarpolány, Vöröstó and Szigliget.Visit the curious ‘seas of stones’ around the Káli Basin. 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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