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Welcome to the High Coast /Kvarken Archipelago World Heritage Site

The best place in the world to experience and understand the land uplift since the latest Ice Age

The Swedish High Coast and Kvarken Archipelago in Finland is a joint World Heritage Site on the UNESCO World Heritage list. In the World Heritage site, there are unique traces of how the landscape has been shaped by the ice sheet, land uplift and the sea. The High Coast and Kvarken Archipelago together, describe an important part of the history of the Earth. All World Heritage Sites are important pieces to the puzzle of the Earths and humankinds evolution. The World Heritage Sites are the heritage of all of humankind.

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