Sandstone Formations

Connected Sites: 15

WHS that include sizeable / notable formations of sandstone rock.

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Connected Sites

Tassili n'Ajjer
Inscribed: 1982
3.62
24
2
The Property Is Also Of Great Geological And Aesthetic Interest: The Panorama Of Geological Formations With "Rock Forests" Of Eroded Sandstone Resembles A Strange Lunar Landscape. (Description Unesco Website)
China Danxia
Inscribed: 2010
3.20
80
3
"The Reddish Conglomerate And Sandstone That Form This Landscape Of Exceptional Natural Beauty" (Ouv)
Uluru
Uluru
Australia
Inscribed: 1987
4.40
179
6
Purnululu National Park
Inscribed: 2003
3.84
21
4
Tanbaly
Tanbaly
Kazakhstan
Inscribed: 2004
3.09
47
4
"The Site On Sandstone Rocks Is Vulnerable To Weathering" (Ab Ev)
Wadi Rum
Wadi Rum
Jordan
Inscribed: 2011
3.98
299
8
Hegra
Hegra
Saudi Arabia
Inscribed: 2008
3.89
62
9
"It Is Marked By A Number Of Sandstone Outcrops Of Various Sizes And Heights, Which Formed The Basis Of The Development Of Nabataean Monumental Architecture." (Ab Ev)
Petra
Petra
Jordan
Inscribed: 1985
4.61
386
21
Ischigualasto / Talampaya
Inscribed: 2000
3.46
43
7
Meteora
Meteora
Greece
Inscribed: 1988
4.20
305
10
Pillars
Wulingyuan
Inscribed: 1992
4.04
73
5
Pillars
Wadi Al-Hitan
Inscribed: 2005
3.48
59
10
Kakadu National Park
Inscribed: 1981
3.84
115
9
Sandstone Escarpment
Mammoth Cave
Mammoth Cave
United States of America
Inscribed: 1981
3.25
165
5
"One Of The Sandstones At Mammoth Cave, Named The Big Clifty Sandstone, Formed About 320 Million Years Ago, When Sand Was Deposited Over Top Of Mammoth Cave's Shale And Limestone Beds By A Large River Delta. This Sandstone Is Usually The Top Layer Of The Park's Many Ridges, Like Flint Ridge, Mammoth Cave Ridge, And Joppa Ridge Because It Is Resistant To Erosion."
See Www.Nps.Gov
Rock Art in the Hail Region
Inscribed: 2015
3.25
41
4
"The Former Freshwater Lake Of Jubbah Was One Of Several Such Water Bodies Owing Their Existence To A Series Of Sandstone Inselbergs, Occurring Mostly In A North-South Alignment. (...) The Largest Of These Mountains Is Jabal Umm Sinman (...)" – "The Long-Term Weathering And Erosion Has Resulted In The Weakening Of The Sandstone Rocks And Creating Distinctive Morphologies And Appearances (...) The Vertical Joints And Columns Produced By The Processes Of Erosion, Both By Rain And Wind, Are One Of The Essential Aesthetic Elements Of Jabal Umm Sinman And Are Characterized By Pyramidal Hill Tops And Hump-Like Summits. Thus The Mountain Comprises Spectacular Towers Of Varying Heights And Width." (Nomination File, P. 13, 16)