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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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 Italian-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
linked to: Swiss Italians
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 ⓘ
linked to: Canton of Ticino
locatedInBasin Lugano Lake region ⓘ
linked to: Lake Lugano region
locatedInProtectedArea Monte San Giorgio fossil site ⓘ
linked to: Monte San Giorgio
locatedOnBorderOf Italy ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
nearestCity Mendrisio ⓘ
nearestLake Lake Lugano ⓘ
partOf Alps ⓘ
Lugano Prealps ⓘ
Southern Alps ⓘ
linked to: 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 fossil site ⓘ
linked to: Monte San Giorgio
World Heritage Sites in Italy → hasSite → Monte San Giorgio Italian part ⓘ
linked to: Monte San Giorgio
Meride → locatedOn → Monte San Giorgio ⓘ
Meride → heritageDesignation → UNESCO World Heritage Site (Monte San Giorgio) ⓘ
linked to: Monte San Giorgio
Meride → hasMuseum → Fossil Museum of Monte San Giorgio ⓘ
linked to: Monte San Giorgio
Meride → partOf → Monte San Giorgio fossil site buffer zone ⓘ
linked to: Monte San Giorgio