🌿 Stevns Klint

Denmark · Europe · Natural · 55.20°N, 12.55°E

Stevns Klint, known as the Cliffs of Stevns in English, is a white chalk cliff located some 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of Store Heddinge on the Danish island of Zealand. Stretching 17 km (11 mi) along the coast, it is of geological importance as one of the best exposed Cretaceous-Tertiary (K/T) boundaries in the world. Subject to frequent erosion, the cliff rises to a height of up to 40 m (130 ft). Because of its exceptional fossil record, Stevns Klint was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2014.

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Quick facts

Country	Denmark
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🌿 Natural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	55.20°N, 12.55°E · view on map

Stevns Klint is a natural World Heritage site in Denmark, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Stevns Klint was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Kronborg Castle · Churches and Runes of Jelling · Christiansfeld · Roskilde Cathedral · Wadden Sea · The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand · Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap · Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea · Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church · Viking-Age Ring Fortresses · Møns Klint · The Bony Fish Fossils of the Western Limfjord – Evolution and Climate Adaptation in the Earliest Eocene.

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