The petrified forest of Lesvos and the volcanic caldera of Santorini are included in the list of the top 100 world geological heritage monuments. This was determined by the competent international committee, as it became known on Thursday, October 6th, according to greekreporter.com.
The International Union of Geological Sciences in cooperation with UNESCO took the initiative to create a list of the top areas of geological interest worldwide. More specifically, the International Geological Heritage Committee (IUGS-IGC) undertook the implementation of an international program with the aim of recording and evaluating the identification of the first 100 Geological Heritage Monuments.
It should be noted that, according to the commission, a Geological Heritage Site is defined as an area that contains geological elements or geological processes of international scientific scope. This is used as a point of reference and has made a decisive contribution to the development of geosciences over time.
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