World Heritage Identification Number: 1237
World Heritage since: 2009
Category: Natural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy
Continent: Europe
UNESCO World Region: Europe and North America
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The Dolomites: A Geological Marvel in the Italian Alps
The Dolomites, officially recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2009, stand as a testament to the breathtaking beauty and geological complexity of the Italian Alps. This mountain range, spanning across the regions of Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, offers a unique blend of stunning landscapes, rich history, and scientific importance.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
The site of the Dolomites comprises a mountain range in the northern Italian Alps, numbering 18 peaks which rise to above 3,000 metres and cover 141,903 ha. It features some of the most beautiful mountain landscapes anywhere, with vertical walls, sheer cliffs and a high density of narrow, deep and long valleys. A serial property of nine areas that present a diversity of spectacular landscapes of international significance for geomorphology marked by steeples, pinnacles and rock walls, the site also contains glacial landforms and karst systems. It is characterized by dynamic processes with frequent landslides, floods and avalanches. The property also features one of the best examples of the preservation of Mesozoic carbonate platform systems, with fossil records.
Encyclopedia Record: Dolomites
The Dolomites, also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range in northeastern Italy. They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley in the east. The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley. The Dolomites are in the regions of Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, covering an area shared between the provinces of Belluno, Vicenza, Verona, Trentino, South Tyrol, Udine and Pordenone.Additional Site Details
Area: 141,902.8 hectares
(viii) — Outstanding example representing major earth stages
Coordinates: 46.6130555556 , 12.1630555556
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