North West Highlands Geopark

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North West Highlands Geopark is a UNESCO-recognized geopark in northwest Scotland renowned for its ancient rock formations, dramatic mountain and coastal landscapes, and exceptional geological heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geopark ⓘ
contains Ardvreck Castle ⓘ
Cape Wrath ⓘ
Foinaven ⓘ
Knockan Crag ⓘ
Loch Assynt ⓘ
Moine Thrust ⓘ
linked to: Moine Thrust Belt

Quinag ⓘ
Sandwood Bay ⓘ
Stac Pollaidh ⓘ
Suilven ⓘ
Summer Isles ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designation UNESCO Global Geopark ⓘ
geologicalAgeRange Archaean to Cambrian ⓘ
governingBody North West Highlands Geopark Ltd ⓘ
hasConservationGoal promotion of sustainable tourism ⓘ
protection of geological heritage ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature Precambrian basement rocks ⓘ
glacially sculpted landscapes ⓘ
rocky coastlines ⓘ
sea cliffs ⓘ
sea stacks ⓘ
some of the oldest rocks in Europe ⓘ
thrust fault structures ⓘ
hasPart Assynt ⓘ
Coigach ⓘ
Durness ⓘ
Kinlochbervie ⓘ
Lochinver ⓘ
Scourie ⓘ
Ullapool ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.nwhgeopark.com/ ⓘ
knownFor Lewisian gneiss ⓘ
Moine Thrust Belt ⓘ
Moine rocks ⓘ
linked to: Moine Supergroup

Torridonian sandstone ⓘ
ancient rock formations ⓘ
dramatic coastal landscapes ⓘ
dramatic mountain landscapes ⓘ
exceptional geological heritage ⓘ
locatedIn Highland council area ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ
northwest Scotland ⓘ
offers educational programmes ⓘ
geological interpretation centres ⓘ
geotourism ⓘ
guided walks ⓘ
partOf UNESCO Global Geoparks Network ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ

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

Assynt → hasDesignation → North West Highlands Geopark ⓘ
Assynt → partOf → North West Highlands Geopark ⓘ
Northwest Scotland → hasProtectedArea → North West Highlands Geopark ⓘ
subject linked to: northwest Scotland
Scourie → region → North West Highlands Geopark ⓘ
Northwest Highlands → contains → Northwest Highlands Geopark ⓘ
linked to: North West Highlands Geopark
Knockan Crag → partOf → North West Highlands Geopark ⓘ
Canisp → isInProtectedArea → Northwest Highlands Geopark ⓘ
linked to: North West Highlands Geopark
North West Highlands Geopark → governingBody → North West Highlands Geopark Ltd ⓘ
linked to: North West Highlands Geopark
Inchnadamph → partOf → North West Highlands Geopark ⓘ
Quinag → isPartOf → North West Highlands Geopark ⓘ
subject linked to: Quinag mountain