United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland NAMEĭorset and East Devon Coast NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SERIAL SITEĢ001: Inscribed on the World Heritage List under Natural Criterion viii. The important vertebrate and invertebrate, marine and terrestrial fossil sites and geomorphologic features of the coast preserve excellent evidence of life during Mesozoic times and have contributed to the study of the earth sciences for over 200 years. With the east Devon coast, they provide an almost continuous sequence of Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks which document approximately 185 million years of Earth’s history. The succession of rocks displayed in the cliffs between Lyme Regis and Swanage is one of the finest marine Jurassic rock sections in the world. Inscription year 2001 Country United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland DORSET AND EAST DEVON COAST UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
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