Natural world · Evidence-led place record

Land of Extinct Volcanoes UNESCO Global Geopark

PL

Explore the didactic path “Hazel Syncline,” a short 2.5 km trail starting at the Open-Air Mining and Metallurgy Museum in Leszczyna, showcasing remnants of former copper mining and metallurgy with 18 educational boards along the way.Visit the Church of Peace in Jawor, a UNESCO World Heritage Site built in 1654–55 with unique half-timbered construction and an interior richly decorated with over 140 biblical paintings and guild emblems.Discover Rataj forest, home to rare plant species such as the

CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationPL
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2024
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 126,275 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Land of Extinct Volcanoes UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Land of Extinct Volcanoes UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as Explore the didactic path “Hazel Syncline,” a short 2.5 km trail starting at the Open-Air Mining and Metallurgy Museum in Leszczyna, showcasing remnants of former copper mining and metallurgy with 18 educational boards along the way.Visit the Church of Peace in Jawor, a UNESCO World Heritage Site built in 1654–55 with unique half-timbered construction and an interior richly decorated with over 140 biblical paintings and guild emblems.Discover Rataj forest, home to rare plant species such as the . 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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