Cirques

Connected Sites: 19

A cirque is an amphitheatre-like valley head, formed by erosion. Cirque must be named.

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Connected Sites

Causses and Cévennes
Inscribed: 2011
3.18
159
5
Cirque De Navacelles, Cirque Du Bout Du Monde (Grande Causses)
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
Inscribed: 1997
3.57
152
7
The Precipitous Northern Slopes Are Carved Into Three Sheer-Walled Glacial Cirques, Including Cirque De Gavarnie (Unep-Wcmc)
Pitons of Reunion
Inscribed: 2010
3.65
63
3
The Peak Of The Piton Des Neiges Lies At The Centre Of Three Such Scarp-Rimmed 'Cirques' Of Salazie, Mafate, Cilaos And The Infilled 'Palaeocirque' Of Bébour (Ab Ev)
Sagarmatha National Park
Inscribed: 1979
3.78
58
3
The Western Cwm (Cwm, Pronounced Coom, Is Welsh For A Bowl Shaped Valley/Cirque) Is A Broad, Flat, Gently Undulating Glacial Valley Basin Terminating At The Foot Of The Lhotse Face Of Mount Everest (Wiki)
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Glacier parks
Glacier parks
Canada, United States of America
Inscribed: 1979
4.08
150
5
Kings Throne
See Www.Pc.Gc.Ca
Incense Route of the Negev
Inscribed: 2005
2.92
103
7
Part Of The Site Is Situated In The Makhtesh Ramon. "The Term Cirque Is Also Used For Amphitheater-Shaped, Fluvial-Erosion Features. For Example An Approximately 200 Km2 Anticlinal Erosion Cirque Is Found At 30 35 N, 34 45 E On The Southern Boundary Of The Negev Highlands. This Erosional Cirque Or Makhtesh Was Formed By Intermittent River Flow In The Makhtesh Ramon Cutting Through Layers Of Limestone And Chalk, Which Results In Cirque Walls With A Sheer 200 M Drop" (Wiki)
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Canada, United States of America
Inscribed: 1995
3.91
164
8
Iceberg Cirque In Glacier Np, Cameron Lake In Waterton
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc
Inscribed: 2014
3.45
128
8
The Main Opening To The Cave Is Located In The Cirque D'Estre (Ab Ev)
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
Inscribed: 2004
2.64
189
9
Glacial Cirque Of Estanyons (Ab Ev)
Laponian Area
Inscribed: 1996
3.36
89
7
Well-Developed Geomorphological Features That Illustrate The Origin And Ongoing Processes In The Area Include ... Glacial Cirques... (Ab Ev)
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Inscribed: 2001
3.90
286
11
"A Great Abundance And Diversity Of Geomorphological Features Such As Ushaped Glacial Valleys, Cirques, Horn Peaks, Valley Glaciers And Moraines" (Ab Ev)
Los Alerces National Park
Inscribed: 2017
3.68
28
4
"The Landscape In This Region Is Moulded By Successive Glaciations Creating A Scenically Spectacular Variety Of Geomorphic Features Such As Moraines, Glacial River And Lake Deposits, Glacial Cirques" (Ab Ev)
West Norwegian Fjords
Inscribed: 2005
4.21
287
9
Near Geirangerfjord
Pirin National Park
Inscribed: 1983
2.86
121
11
Popovo Lake ... Is Situated At The Bottom Of The Popovski Cirque (Wiki)
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Nahanni National Park
Inscribed: 1978
3.76
8
4
Cirque Of The Unclimbables In Nahanni
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Inscribed: 1984
4.42
243
9
Cirque Peak In Banff
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Gros Morne National Park
Inscribed: 1987
3.91
82
10
Tablelands, "A Deep Cirque Valley" (Gros Morne Np, Michael Burzynski)
See Www.Researchgate.Net
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves
Inscribed: 1983
2.90
62
5
"Impressive Marks Of Quaternary Glacial Activity, Which Has Shaped Glacial Cirques" (Ouv)
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
Inscribed: 1998
2.82
377
14
The Notre-Dame-Du-Bon-Port De Gavarnie Is A Parochial Church Situated In The Cirque Of Gavarnie. (Nomination File)