Cirques

Connected Sites: 19

A cirque is an amphitheatre-like valley head, formed by erosion. Cirque must be named.

Connected Sites

  • Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.57
    153
    7
    The Precipitous Northern Slopes Are Carved Into Three Sheer-Walled Glacial Cirques, Including Cirque De Gavarnie (Unep-Wcmc)
  • Incense Route of the Negev
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.92
    103
    7
    Part Of The Site Is Situated In The Makhtesh Ramon. "The Term Cirque Is Also Used For Amphitheater-Shaped, Fluvial-Erosion Features. For Example An Approximately 200 Km2 Anticlinal Erosion Cirque Is Found At 30 35 N, 34 45 E On The Southern Boundary Of The Negev Highlands. This Erosional Cirque Or Makhtesh Was Formed By Intermittent River Flow In The Makhtesh Ramon Cutting Through Layers Of Limestone And Chalk, Which Results In Cirque Walls With A Sheer 200 M Drop" (Wiki)
  • Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
    Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
    Canada, United States of America
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.90
    165
    8
    Iceberg Cirque In Glacier Np, Cameron Lake In Waterton
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.65
    191
    9
    Glacial Cirque Of Estanyons (Ab Ev)
  • Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.91
    289
    11
    "A Great Abundance And Diversity Of Geomorphological Features Such As Ushaped Glacial Valleys, Cirques, Horn Peaks, Valley Glaciers And Moraines" (Ab Ev)
  • West Norwegian Fjords
    Inscribed: 2005
    4.21
    289
    9
    Near Geirangerfjord
  • Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.90
    63
    5
    "Impressive Marks Of Quaternary Glacial Activity, Which Has Shaped Glacial Cirques" (Ouv)
  • Sagarmatha National Park
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.78
    58
    3
    The Western Cwm (Cwm, Pronounced Coom, Is Welsh For A Bowl Shaped Valley/Cirque) Is A Broad, Flat, Gently Undulating Glacial Valley Basin Terminating At The Foot Of The Lhotse Face Of Mount Everest (Wiki)
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.83
    380
    14
    The Notre-Dame-Du-Bon-Port De Gavarnie Is A Parochial Church Situated In The Cirque Of Gavarnie. (Nomination File)
  • Pitons of Reunion
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.65
    63
    3
    The Peak Of The Piton Des Neiges Lies At The Centre Of Three Such Scarp-Rimmed 'Cirques' Of Salazie, Mafate, Cilaos And The Infilled 'Palaeocirque' Of Bébour (Ab Ev)
  • Pirin National Park
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.86
    122
    11
    Popovo Lake ... Is Situated At The Bottom Of The Popovski Cirque (Wiki)
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Nahanni National Park
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.76
    8
    4
    Cirque Of The Unclimbables In Nahanni
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Laponian Area
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.36
    89
    7
    Well-Developed Geomorphological Features That Illustrate The Origin And Ongoing Processes In The Area Include ... Glacial Cirques... (Ab Ev)
  • Gros Morne National Park
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.91
    82
    10
    Tablelands, "A Deep Cirque Valley" (Gros Morne Np, Michael Burzynski)
    See Www.Researchgate.Net
  • Glacier parks
    Glacier parks
    Canada, United States of America
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.08
    150
    5
    Kings Throne
    See Www.Pc.Gc.Ca
  • Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.44
    130
    8
    The Main Opening To The Cave Is Located In The Cirque D'Estre (Ab Ev)
  • Causses and Cévennes
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.20
    160
    5
    Cirque De Navacelles, Cirque Du Bout Du Monde (Grande Causses)
  • Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.42
    245
    9
    Cirque Peak In Banff
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Los Alerces National Park
    Inscribed: 2017
    3.68
    28
    4