Monte San Giorgio

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Monte San Giorgio is a mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its exceptionally well-preserved Middle Triassic marine fossils.

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Monte San Giorgio canonical 3
Monte San Giorgio fossil site 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
mountain
containsFossilsFrom Anisian
Ladinian
country Italy
Switzerland
elevation 1097 m
3600 ft
fossilType fish
invertebrates
marine reptiles
plants
geologicalPeriod Middle Triassic
hasConservationStatus protected
hasCoordinateLatitude 45.9 N
hasCoordinateLongitude 8.95 E
hasGeologicalSignificance reference site for Middle Triassic marine ecosystems
hasOfficialLanguageRegion Swiss Italians
surface form: Italian-speaking Switzerland
hasRockType dolomite
limestone
hasScientificDiscipline paleontology
sedimentology
stratigraphy
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
knownFor exceptionally well-preserved Middle Triassic marine fossils
paleontological importance
locatedIn Italy
Switzerland
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Lombardy
canton of Ticino NERFINISHED
locatedInBasin Lake Lugano region
surface form: Lugano Lake region
locatedInProtectedArea Monte San Giorgio self-linksurface differs
surface form: Monte San Giorgio fossil site
locatedOnBorderOf Italy
Switzerland
nearestCity Mendrisio
nearestLake Lake Lugano
partOf Alps
Lugano Prealps
southern Alps
surface form: Southern Alps
tourismType geotourism
hiking
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Natural
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (viii)
UNESCOWorldHeritageExtensionYear 2010
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2003
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1090

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Brusino Arsizio locatedNear Monte San Giorgio
Riva San Vitale hasViewOf Monte San Giorgio
Monte San Giorgio locatedInProtectedArea Monte San Giorgio self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Monte San Giorgio fossil site