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Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona

A mountain region displaying the Glarus overthrust, where older rock was pushed on top of younger rock, providing textbook evidence of continental collision.

Type
Natural
Inscribed
2008
Canton
Glarus, St. Gallen, Graubünden
Criteria
Viii
Nearest town
Elm

Source: whc.unesco.org

46.9167° N 9.2500° E · GlarusRelief interpolated · not a survey mapOpen the full map

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https://imaggeo.egu.eu/user/chhei/, 32-Fuß-Freak, Christopher Politano · Wikimedia Commons + Pexels · CC BY-SA 3.0 / CC BY-SA 4.0

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