Natural world · Evidence-led place record

Sunnhordland UNESCO Global Geopark

NO

Take a hike along the 2 km path to the Ryvarden cultural lighthouse, passing through 1.5 billion-year-old, ice-polished Auge gneiss and enjoying breathtaking views of the Hardangerfjord and volcanic seabed formations.Discover the charm of Espevær Village, a scenic collection of small islets with no cars and a winter population of around 45. Once a bustling hub for 19th-century herring fisheries, it remains a peaceful retreat today.Experience the geological wonder of Skjervika, an early Stone Age

Sunnhordland UNESCO Global Geopark in NO
Photo: Frokor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationNO
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2023
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 448,000 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Sunnhordland UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Sunnhordland UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as Take a hike along the 2 km path to the Ryvarden cultural lighthouse, passing through 1.5 billion-year-old, ice-polished Auge gneiss and enjoying breathtaking views of the Hardangerfjord and volcanic seabed formations.Discover the charm of Espevær Village, a scenic collection of small islets with no cars and a winter population of around 45. Once a bustling hub for 19th-century herring fisheries, it remains a peaceful retreat today.Experience the geological wonder of Skjervika, an early Stone Age. 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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