The Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark, formerly the Hong Kong National Geopark, was opened on 3 November 2009. It covers an area of 50 square kilometers in New Territories area. On September 18, 2011, UNESCO recognized the Geopark as part of the Global Geoparks Network.
Located in close proximity to Hong Kong’s world-renowned financial and business hub, which is a foodie and shopping paradise, the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark in China, is characterized as a unique ‘Geopark in the city’, with the city center it is only an hour away by bus or car.
The most important and impressive geological monument of the Geopark are the well-preserved hexagonal columnar lavas, whose average diameter is 1.2m. and which are distributed over both land and sea area, with a total area of 100 square kilometers. Also impressive is the fact that there are formations of a complete stratigraphic column of sedimentary rocks ranging in age from the Devonian to the Paleogene (about 400 to 55 million years ago). Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark is a geopark that combines the diverse ecological resources such as mangroves, fung shui forests and coral reef communities with rich cultural heritage such as well-preserved Hakka walled villages, fishing villages and historic relics, mainly temples and the unique natural landscape.
Twinning
Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark, China and Lesvos Island UNESCO Global Geopark, Greece signed a twinning agreement on May 3, 2014.
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