Kvarken Archipelago

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archipelago

Kvarken Archipelago is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed group of islands in the Gulf of Bothnia, renowned for its rapidly rising land and unique post-glacial landscape.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
archipelago ⓘ
averageLandUpliftRate about 8 millimetres per year ⓘ
climate cold temperate ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
ecosystemType brackish water ecosystem ⓘ
formsTransnationalWorldHeritageSiteWith High Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalProcess isostatic rebound ⓘ
governingBody Metsähallitus Parks and Wildlife Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBiodiversity archipelago forests ⓘ
bird nesting areas ⓘ
coastal meadows ⓘ
hasFeature De Geer moraines NERFINISHED ⓘ
emerging islands ⓘ
glacial deposits ⓘ
lagoons ⓘ
moraine ridges ⓘ
shallow bays ⓘ
skerries ⓘ
hasStructure Replot Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter World Heritage Gateway visitor centre NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor deglaciated landscape ⓘ
rapid post-glacial land uplift ⓘ
unique post-glacial geomorphology ⓘ
languageRegion Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Bothnia NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestCity Vaasa NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableIsland Björkö NERFINISHED ⓘ
Replot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valassaaret NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Kvarken Archipelago / High Coast World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ostrobothnia NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectedAs nature reserve network ⓘ
ReplotBridgeOpened 1997 ⓘ
ReplotBridgeType cable-stayed bridge ⓘ
seaArea Kvarken (Quark) Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismActivity birdwatching ⓘ
boating ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
transnationalSiteCountryPartner Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Natural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria viii ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageID 898 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 2000 ⓘ
willBecomeLandConnectionBetween Finland and Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

western Finland → contains → Kvarken Archipelago ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Finland
World Heritage Sites in Sweden → hasMember → Kvarken Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
Quark Strait → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Kvarken Archipelago ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
western Finland → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Kvarken Archipelago ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Finland
Vaasa → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSiteNearby → Kvarken Archipelago ⓘ
Vaasa → near → Kvarken Archipelago ⓘ