Monte San Giorgio
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| Monte San Giorgio* | |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| State Party |  Switzerland |
| Type | Natural |
| Criteria | vii |
| Reference | 1090 |
| Region† | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2003 (27th Session) |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO. |
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Monte San Giorgio is a wooded mountain (1,096 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."[1]
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