Meteora was included in the list along with the Petrified Forest of Lesbos and the volcanic caldera of Santorini
Meteora was included in the list of 100 most important Geological Monuments worldwideaccording to the results of the assessment announced by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), in the context of the 37th World Geological Congress held in the city of Busan, South Korea. It should be noted that from 2022 the 100 Geological Heritage Sites include two more sites from Greece, the Petrified Forest of Lesvos and the volcanic caldera of Santorini.
The geological significance of Meteora was presented at the announcement ceremony by Professor Nikolaos Zouros, dean of the School of Social Sciences of the University of the Aegean and director of the Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest, who was also responsible for submitting the relevant nomination file. It is recalled that Meteora has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and last year the area of ​​the Municipalities of Meteora and Pyli was recognized as a UNESCO World Geopark.
The evaluation process
The International Union of Geological Sciences, the world’s leading organization in the geosciences, in collaboration with UNESCO, took the initiative to create a list of the world’s top areas of geological interest.
In this context, the International Geological Heritage Committee (IUGS-IGC) of the International Union of Geological Sciences is implementing, in collaboration with UNESCO, an International Program for the last 4 years with the aim of recording, evaluating and highlighting the most important Geological Heritage Monuments. The first 100 positions were presented in October 2022.
It is particularly honorable for our country that among the 174 sites from 64 countries that were submitted to the International Geological Heritage Committee and evaluated this year, Meteora is included in the 100 most important.
More than 400 geoscientists participated in the second phase of the assessment, coming from 55 countries. The evaluation process took place in 2023-2024 and the list of new 100 sites, announced at the World Geological Congress, includes geological monuments of exceptional value of international value.
According to the Commission, an IUGS Geological Heritage Site is defined as an area that contains geological elements and/or geological processes of international scientific scope, which is used as a point of reference and/or has made a decisive contribution to the development of the Geosciences over time .
Source :Skai
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