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Monte San Giorgio 
Monte San Giorgio, shown on the left in the background of Lake LuganoElevation 1,097 m (3,599 ft) Prominence 758 m (2,487 ft) [1] Location Location in Switzerland
Monte San GiorgioLocation Ticino, Switzerland Range Lepontine Alps Coordinates 45°54′49″N 8°56′59″E / 45.91361°N 8.94972°ECoordinates: 45°54′49″N 8°56′59″E / 45.91361°N 8.94972°E Topo map Swisstopo 1373 Mendrisio Climbing Easiest route Trail Monte San Giorgio is a wooded mountain (1,097 m above sea level) located in the south of canton Ticino in Switzerland. Monte San Giorgio became a UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2003, because it "is the single best known record of marine life in the Triassic period, and records important remains of life on land as well."[2] The Italian side of the mountain was added as an extension to the World Heritage Site in 2010.
Monte San Giorgio * UNESCO World Heritage SiteCountry SwitzerlandItaly Type Natural Criteria viii Reference 1090 Region ** Europe and North America Inscription history Inscription 2003 (27th Session) Extensions 2010 * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List
** Region as classified by UNESCOReferences
External links
Media related to Monte San Giorgio at Wikimedia CommonsWorld Heritage Sites in Switzerland Lake Geneva region Lavaux Vineyard Terraces · Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch1
Espace Mittelland La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle · Old City of Bern · Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch1
Eastern Convent of St. Gall · Convent of St. Johann · Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes2 · Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
Ticino Monte San Giorgio · Castles, Wall and Ramparts of Bellinzone
Nationwide Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps3
1 Shared with other region/s · 2 Shared with Italy · 3 Shared with Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia Categories:- World Heritage Sites in Switzerland
- World Heritage Sites in Italy
- Mountains of Switzerland
- Mountains of the Alps
- Ticino geography stubs
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