Gros Morne National Park lies on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was established as a national park reserve in 1973 and gained full national park status on October 1, 2005, protecting about 1,805 square kilometers of the Long Range Mountains and the Gulf of St. Lawrence coastline. The park is known worldwide for exposing deep ocean crust and mantle rock at the surface through the geological process of continental drift, a rare display of plate tectonics that helped confirm the theory. Its highest point, the peak of Gros Morne, rises 806 meters and consists of the eroded remnants of a mountain range formed 1.2 billion years ago. UNESCO designated the park a World Heritage Site in 1987 in recognition of these geological and scenic qualities.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing Body IUCN Category Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 International DesignationUNESCO World Heritage Site 1 Governing Body
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1. Gros Morne National Park (Wikipedia)
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In 1987, the park was awarded World Heritage Site status by UNESCO because "The park provides a rare example of the process of continental drift, where deep ocean crust and the rocks of the earth's mantle lie exposed".
View the Source 2. Gros Morne National Park (Wikidata)
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