Home›Natural Monument or Feature›All Natural Monument or FeatureBrowse ByAll Natural Monument or FeatureReference and ClassificationVerifiedIUCN Category III: areas set aside to protect a specific natural monument, which can be a landform, sea mount, submarine cavern, geological feature such as a cave, or a living feature such as an ancient grove, usually small in size with outstanding or unique value attached to scientific, sacred, aesthetic or cultural significance. Belongs here: a protected zone built around one discrete, unusually significant feature rather than a broad landscape. Does not belong here: a large multi-ecosystem park with many features working together, held under National Park.FactsAll Natural Monument or FeatureSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonIUCN Category CodeWell-attestedIII - Natural Monument or Feature 1All Natural Monument or FeatureFilter Results40 entriesIUCN CategoryAllNatural Monuments or Features (World) (40)National Designation TypeAllDark-Sky Park (1)National Forest Scenic Area (1)National Geopark (1)National Historic Site (2)National Memorial (2)National Monument (8)National Park (3)Nature Reserve (1)Provincial Park (1)Scenic Area (1)State Historic Park (1)State Historic Site (1)State Park (4)ContinentAllAfrica (2)Asia (2)Europe (8)North America (22)South America (1)CountryAllCanada (2)Chile (1)China (2)Italy (1)Kenya (1)Malta (1)Seychelles (1)Slovakia (1)Spain (1)Sweden (3)United States (20)Establishment EraAll1906 (1)1908 (3)1911 (1)1915 (1)1918 (1)1926 (1)1930 (1)1932 (1)1947 (1)1956 (2)1960 (1)1964 (1)1967 (1)1969 (1)1984 (1)1986 (1)1988 (1)2001 (1)2005 (1)2010 (2)Area BandAll0.038007 (1)0.120000 (1)0.180000 (1)0.195000 (1)0.270000 (1)0.358100 (1)0.365600 (1)0.570000 (1)0.800000 (1)1.420000 (1)1.980000 (1)2.070000 (1)2.240000 (1)2.680000 (1)3.010000 (1)3.230000 (1)3.480000 (1)4.050000 (1)5.000000 (1)5.150000 (1)5.450000 (1)30.900000 (1)139.750000 (1)322.000000 (1)485.190000 (1)853.000000 (1)Managing AuthorityAllBC Parks (1)Corporación Nacional Forestal (1)County Governor (1)Ministry of Land and Resources (1)National Park Service (8)Naturvårdsverket (5)Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management (1)Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation (1)Governance TypeAllGovernance by Government (28)Private Governance (1)Shared Governance (1)Marine or TerrestrialAllCoastal (Marine and Terrestrial) (1)Marine (1)Terrestrial (30)International DesignationAllRamsar Site (Wetland of International Importance) (1)UNESCO Global Geopark (2)UNESCO World Heritage Site (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 40Alerce Costero National ParkNatural Monument or FeatureBlå Jungfrun National ParkNatural Monument or FeatureBlennerhassett Island Historical State ParkNatural Monument or FeatureBooker T. Washington National MonumentNatural Monument or FeatureCentral Island National ParkNatural Monument or FeatureCharles Pinckney National Historic SiteNatural Monument or FeatureDalby Söderskog National ParkNatural Monument or FeatureDevils Postpile National MonumentNatural Monument or FeatureDevils Tower National MonumentNatural Monument or FeatureDinosaur National MonumentNatural Monument or FeatureEkeby Oak TreeNatural Monument or FeatureFort DeseretNatural Monument or FeatureGaiola IslandNatural Monument or FeatureGaudineer Scenic AreaNatural Monument or FeatureGeorge Washington Birthplace National MonumentNatural Monument or FeatureHamra National ParkNatural Monument or FeatureIndre Wijdefjorden National ParkNatural Monument or FeatureJewel Cave National MonumentNatural Monument or FeatureMacMillan Provincial ParkNatural Monument or FeatureMono Basin National Scenic AreaNatural Monument or FeatureMuir Woods National MonumentNatural Monument or FeatureNatural Bridges National MonumentNatural Monument or FeatureNorra Kvill National ParkNatural Monument or FeaturePlaya de GulpiyuriNatural Monument or FeaturePoloniny Dark-Sky ParkNatural Monument or FeaturePuerto Princesa Subterranean River National ParkNatural Monument or FeatureRas ir-RaħebNatural Monument or FeatureRed Hill Patrick Henry National MemorialNatural Monument or FeatureRedcliffe Plantation State Historic SiteNatural Monument or FeatureRose Hill Plantation State Historic SiteNatural Monument or FeatureSgt. Alvin C. York State Historic ParkNatural Monument or FeatureShilin Stone ForestNatural Monument or FeatureStabbursdalen National ParkNatural Monument or FeatureStenshuvud National ParkNatural Monument or FeatureTheodore Roosevelt IslandNatural Monument or FeatureVallée de Mai Nature ReserveNatural Monument or FeatureVarner-Hogg Plantation State Historic SiteNatural Monument or FeatureWard Charcoal Ovens State Historic ParkNatural Monument or FeatureWrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic SiteNatural Monument or FeatureZhangye Danxia National GeoparkNatural Monument or FeatureSources1. IUCN protected area categories - Wikipediatier 2WikipediaTable of contents, Category III headingQuote, Table of contents, Category III headingCategory III - natural monument or featureView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? 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