The High Coast

High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago *
Country Sweden
Type Natural
Criteria viii
Reference 898
Region ** Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription 2000 (24th Session)
Extensions 2006
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List
** Region as classified by UNESCO

The High Coast (Swedish: Höga kusten) is a part of the Swedish coast on the Gulf of Bothnia, situated in the municipalities of Kramfors, Härnösand and Örnsköldsvik and notable as a type area for research on post-glacial rebound and eustacy, in which the land rises as the weight of the glaciers melts off of it. This phenomenon was first recognised and studied there; since the last ice age the land has risen 800 m, which accounts for the unusual landscape with tall cliff formations.

UNESCO, while inscribing the area on the World Heritage List in 2000, remarked that "the High Coast site affords outstanding opportunities for the understanding of the important processes that formed the glaciated and land uplift areas of the Earth's surface".

External links

Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki · Fortress of Suomenlinna · High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (with Sweden) · Old Rauma · Petäjävesi Old Church · Verla Groundwood and Board Mill · Struve Geodetic Arc (with nine other countries)
For official site names, see each article or the List of World Heritage Sites in Sweden.
East
South

Agricultural Landscape of Stora Alvaret (Southern Öland) · Hanseatic Town of Visby · Naval Port of Karlskrona · Rock Carvings in Tanum · Varberg Radio Station (Grimeton VLF transmitter)
North
1 Shared with Finland · 2 Shared with nine other countries