Switzerland
Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
The Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona is a significant example of the process of mountain building.
The Tectonic Arena contains a major break in the Earth's crust: the Glarus thrust. It is a clearly exposed and well-accessible example of thrust faults in general, and has as such played an important role in the development of geological knowledge on mountain building.
Community Perspective: To see the whole area you can hike from Elm to Flims – a tough hike of 21.5km if you do it in full (Nan can probably still feel his legs). Lazier people can (like Els did) go and reach the Fil de Cassons from Flims by chairlifts and a cable car ride, but Ralf recently has reported that this route is under construction until at least the end of 2024.
Site Info
Official Information
- Full Name
- The Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (ID: 1179)
- Country
- Switzerland
- Status
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Inscribed 2008
Site history
History of Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
- 2008: Inscribed
- Inscribed
- 2005: Requested by State Party to not be examined
- As Glarus Overthrust
- WHS Type
- Natural
- Criteria
- viii
Links
All Links
UNESCO.org
- whc.unesco.org — whc.unesco.org/
Related Resources
- unesco-sardona.ch — Sardona Welterbe
- en.wikipedia.org — Wiki on Glarus thrust
Community Information
- Community Category
- Natural landscape: Glaciation
Travel Information
Recent Connections
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IUGS Geological Heritage Sites
Glarus Thrust -
Suspended cable cars
Cable car Elm-Tschinglen / 1964 / 1,496… -
Tectonic processes
Criterion (viii): .. The Swiss Tectonic…
Connections of Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
- Geography
- Ecology
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Tectonic processes
Criterion (viii): .. The Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona provides an exceptional display of mountain building tectonics
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- Damaged
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Damaged by Landslide
The Glarus Alps are ... the site of the largest post-glacial landslide in the Central Alpine region (AB ev)
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- World Heritage Process
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Natural sites filling gaps cited by IUCN
tectonic sites -
Inscribed on a single criterion only
viii. to be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features
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- Constructions
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Via Ferrata
a historic Via Ferrata called Pinut at Fil de CassonsSee en.wikipedia.org
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Passage of the Sun
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Suspended cable cars
Cable car Elm-Tschinglen / 1964 / 1,496m 8min
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- WHS on Other Lists
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IUGS Geological Heritage Sites
Glarus Thrust
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- Timeline
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Eocene
Entlang der weit herum sichtbaren Linie, der "Glarner Hauptüberschiebung", schoben sich 250-300 Mio. Jahre alte Gesteine über eine Distanz von 35- 40 Kilometern auf viel jüngere, 35-50 Mio. Jahre alte Gesteine.See www.welterbe.ch
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- WHS Hotspots
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