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natural monument
Sign in to savenatural or natural/cultural feature of outstanding or unique value
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Vinony's link graph records 1,314 inbound references to natural monument, and connects out to Poland, Argentina and national park.
It is catalogued under topics including Natural monuments, Open-air museums and Outdoor sculptures.
Vinony links it to 49 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- protected area
- Image
- Devils Tower.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Natural monuments
- Commons category
- Natural monuments
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000359
- short name
- ND
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Encyclopedic overview
Cono de Arita, a natural monument in Argentina. Bogusław Oak, a natural monument in Ueckermünde Heath, located near Leśno Górne, Poland. A natural monument is a natural or cultural feature of outstanding or unique value because of its inherent rarity, representative of aesthetic qualities, or cultural significance. They can be natural geological and geographical features such as waterfalls, cliffs, craters, fossil, sand dunes, rock forms, valleys and coral reefs. Locations important to faith groups may be considered natural monuments. Archeological and historical sites linked to the natural environment are also included, such as cave art. This is especially true when relevant to the land of Indigenous Peoples.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “natural monument” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.