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Sardona Tectonic Arena UNESCO World Heritage Site

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Sardona Tectonic Arena UNESCO World Heritage Site

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Sardona Tectonic Arena UNESCO World Heritage Site

Name: Sardona Tectonic Arena UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Location: Elm, Glarus, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland

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1. Kärpfwanderung Mettmen via the Wildmad

9.66km

04:25

690m

800m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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2. Gelb Chopf (2,117 m) – Chüebodensee loop from Sitli

8.84km

04:12

720m

730m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Chüebodensee – Elmer Citro Brunnen loop from Elm

16.0km

07:04

1,180m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Jean Fox

October 18, 2017

Sardona World Heritage Area with the distinctive Tschingelhörner and the famous Elmer Martinsloch.

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Jean Fox

October 18, 2017

The UNESCO World Heritage Site Sardona Tectonic Arena is unique in the world. Like every UNESCO World Heritage site, it has an outstanding universal value (OUV). This was described by the World Heritage Committee as follows:

"The Sardona Tectonic Arena offers an exceptional and dramatic insight into the process of mountain formation caused by the collision of continental plates. The site is characterized by a clear three-dimensional expression of the structures and processes characteristic of this phenomenon in a mountain landscape, by its history as a research object and by its ongoing interest in geology"

The combination of the following three aspects sets the site apart from other comparable areas:

clear visibility of the phenomenon in a mountain landscape
History of the site as a research object (research history)
Ongoing importance for geology

The Sardona World Heritage Site has great educational and scientific value as it is an outstanding witness to the understanding of mountain formation processes and plate tectonics.
Source: unesco-sardona.ch

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Elevation 2,170 m

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Location: Elm, Glarus, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland

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Sardona Tectonic Arena UNESCO World Heritage Site

1. Kärpfwanderung Mettmen via the Wildmad

2. Gelb Chopf (2,117 m) – Chüebodensee loop from Sitli

3. Chüebodensee – Elmer Citro Brunnen loop from Elm

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