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Dorset and East Devon Coast (United Kingdom)

Tipo de documento
Decision
Número de referencia
X.A
Fecha
Dic 11, 2001
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Estado
Activo
Materia
Especies silvestres y ecosistemas
Tratado
Convención para la Protección del Patrimonio Mundial, Cultural y Natural (Nov 23, 1972)
Reunión
25e session du Comité
Página web
whc.unesco.org
Resumen

Property: Dorset and East Devon Coast

Id. N°: 1029

State Party: United Kingdom

Criteria: N (i)

The Committee inscribed the Dorset and East Devon Coast on the World Heritage List under criterion (i):

Criterion (i): The Dorset and East Devon Coast provides an almost continuous sequence of Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous rock formations spanning the Mesozoic Era, documenting approximately 185 million years of Earth history. It also includes a range of internationally important fossil localities - vertebrate and invertebrate, marine and terrestrial - which have produced well-preserved and diverse evidence of life during Mesozoic times.