Natural world · Evidence-led place record

Katla UNESCO Global Geopark

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Witness the northern lights between September and March.Visit the Icelandic Lava Show in the town of Vík, an exhibition where lava from the 1918 Katla eruption is re-melted and flows into the exhibition room.Hike the Fimmvörðuháls trail from Skógar to Þórsmörk and between the Eyjafjallajökull volcano and the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap.

CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationIS
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2015
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 954,200 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Katla UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Katla UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as Witness the northern lights between September and March.Visit the Icelandic Lava Show in the town of Vík, an exhibition where lava from the 1918 Katla eruption is re-melted and flows into the exhibition room.Hike the Fimmvörðuháls trail from Skógar to Þórsmörk and between the Eyjafjallajökull volcano and the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap. 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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