Gros-Morne [1] , Gros-Morne [2] ( eng. Gros Morne National Park ) - located on the island of Newfoundland , Canada . Area - 1.8 thousand square meters. km Founded in 1973 . Included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites .
| Gross morn | |
|---|---|
| English Gros Morne National Park | |
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| IUCN Category II ( National Park ) | |
| basic information | |
| Square | 1,8 thousand square meters. km |
| Founding date | 1973 |
| Managing Organization | Parks of Canada |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Nearest town | Corner brook |
Gros-Morne is known for its diverse landscapes, a combination of glacial valleys, cliffs, high plateaus , waterfalls, fjords and lakes. In the park you can observe the phenomenon of continental drift . As a result of the movement of the continents, rocks of the Earth’s mantle came to the surface.
Gallery
Lake Western Brook Pond
Hare
One of the tracks on the territory of the park
Lake Western Brook Pond
Moraine landscape
Ocean coast
View from the cave on the beach
Moose
Pissing Mare Falls
Notes
- ↑ Eastern Canada // Peace Atlas / comp. and prepare. to ed. PKO "Cartography" in 1999; rep. Ed .: T. G. Novikova , T. M. Vorobyov . - 3rd ed., Sr., Seal. in 2002 with diaposis. 1999 - Moscow : Roskartografiya, 2002. - p. 214-215. - ISBN 5-85120-055-3 .
- ↑ Geographic Encyclopedic Dictionary: geographical names / Ed. A.F. Trёshnikova . - 2nd ed., Ext. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1989. - P. 139. - 210 000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-057-6 .
Links
- Gros Morne: A Cultural History (Inaccessible link) . Archived June 4, 2004.
- Park web site (Not available link) . Archived October 12, 2008.
- Gros Morne National Park at UNESCO.org
- Park webpage at Worldheritagesite.org Unreferenced (not available link) . Archived on August 28, 2006.
- Woody Point - Town in Gros Morne (inaccessible link) . Archived on October 9, 2016.
- WHS's Gros Morne National Park