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Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes encompass three sites with a total area of 18,846 hectares. These include Geomun Oreum, considered the world's finest lava tube system, with colorful carbonate roofs and floors and dark lava walls; Seongsan Ilchulbong, a fortress-like tuff cone rising from the sea, offering spectacular views; and Hallasan, South Korea's highest mountain, with waterfalls, multi-shaped rock formations and a lake-filled crater. The site is of extraordinary aesthetic beauty and bears witness to the history, characteristics and processes of the Earth.
Mistaken Point
The fossil site is located at the southeastern tip of Newfoundland Island in eastern Canada. It consists of a 17-kilometer-long narrow, rugged coastal cliff. These cliffs originated from the deep sea and date back to the Ediacaran period (580 million to 560 million years ago), making them the oldest known collection of large fossils. The fossils illustrate a watershed in the history of life on Earth: the emergence of large, biologically complex organisms after nearly 3 billion years of evolution dominated by microorganisms.