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'''The High Coast''' (]: '''Höga kusten''') is a part of the ] coast on the ], situated in the municipalities of ], ] and ] and notable as the "type area" for research on ], in which the land rises as the weight of the glaciers melts off of it. This phenomenon was first recognised and studied there; since the last ] the land has risen 800 ], which accounds for the unusual landscape with tall cliff formations. '''The High Coast''' (]: '''Höga kusten''') is a part of the ] coast on the ], situated in the municipalities of ], ] and ] and notable as the "type area" for research on ], in which the land rises as the weight of the ]s melts off of it. This phenomenon was first recognised and studied there; since the last ] the land has risen 800 ], which accounds for the unusual landscape with tall cliff formations.


], while inscribing the area on the ] in ], remarked that "the High Coast site affords outstanding opportunities for the understanding of the important processes that formed the ]d and land ] areas of the Earth's surface". ], while inscribing the area on the ] in ], remarked that "the High Coast site affords outstanding opportunities for the understanding of the important processes that formed the ]d and land ] areas of the Earth's surface".

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UNESCO World Heritage Site
Kvarken Archipelago / High Coast
UNESCO World Heritage Site
A gulf named Röviken in Ullånger, Kramfors Municipality.
CriteriaNatural: viii
Reference898
Inscription2000 (24th Session)
Extensions2006

The High Coast (Swedish: Höga kusten) is a part of the Swedish coast on the Gulf of Bothnia, situated in the municipalities of Kramfors, Härnösand and Örnsköldsvik and notable as the "type area" for research on isostasy, in which the land rises as the weight of the glaciers melts off of it. This phenomenon was first recognised and studied there; since the last ice age the land has risen 800 m, which accounds for the unusual landscape with tall cliff formations.

UNESCO, while inscribing the area on the World Heritage List in 2000, remarked that "the High Coast site affords outstanding opportunities for the understanding of the important processes that formed the glaciated and land uplift areas of the Earth's surface".

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