Kvarken Archipelago

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Kvarken Archipelago is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed group of islands in the Gulf of Bothnia, renowned for its rapidly rising land and unique post-glacial landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
archipelago ⓘ
averageLandUpliftRate about 8 millimetres per year ⓘ
climate cold temperate ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
ecosystemType brackish water ecosystem ⓘ
formsTransnationalWorldHeritageSiteWith High Coast ⓘ
geologicalProcess isostatic rebound ⓘ
governingBody Metsähallitus Parks and Wildlife Finland ⓘ
hasBiodiversity archipelago forests ⓘ
bird nesting areas ⓘ
coastal meadows ⓘ
hasFeature De Geer moraines ⓘ
emerging islands ⓘ
glacial deposits ⓘ
lagoons ⓘ
moraine ridges ⓘ
shallow bays ⓘ
skerries ⓘ
hasStructure Replot Bridge ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter World Heritage Gateway visitor centre ⓘ
knownFor deglaciated landscape ⓘ
rapid post-glacial land uplift ⓘ
unique post-glacial geomorphology ⓘ
languageRegion Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ
nearestCity Vaasa ⓘ
notableIsland Björkö ⓘ
Replot ⓘ
Valassaaret ⓘ
partOf Kvarken Archipelago / High Coast World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: Kvarken Archipelago

Ostrobothnia ⓘ
protectedAs nature reserve network ⓘ
ReplotBridgeOpened 1997 ⓘ
ReplotBridgeType cable-stayed bridge ⓘ
seaArea Kvarken (Quark) Strait ⓘ
tourismActivity birdwatching ⓘ
boating ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
transnationalSiteCountryPartner Sweden ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Natural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria viii ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageID 898 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 2000 ⓘ
willBecomeLandConnectionBetween Finland and Sweden ⓘ
linked to: Sweden and Finland

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Vaasa → near → Kvarken Archipelago ⓘ
Vaasa → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSiteNearby → Kvarken Archipelago ⓘ
Quark Strait → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Kvarken Archipelago
World Heritage Sites in Sweden → hasMember → High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Kvarken Archipelago
Western Finland → contains → Kvarken Archipelago ⓘ
subject linked to: western Finland
Western Finland → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Kvarken Archipelago ⓘ
subject linked to: western Finland
High Coast → UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignation → High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Kvarken Archipelago
High Coast → sharesWorldHeritageSiteWith → Kvarken Archipelago ⓘ
Kvarken Archipelago → partOf → Kvarken Archipelago / High Coast World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: Kvarken Archipelago
Mustasaari → hasSeaArea → Kvarken archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Kvarken Archipelago
Mustasaari → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSiteNearby → Kvarken Archipelago World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: Kvarken Archipelago
Finnish coastal waters → hasPart → Kvarken Archipelago ⓘ
Finnish coastal waters → hasWorldHeritageSite → Kvarken Archipelago World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: Kvarken Archipelago