High Coast and Kvarken Archipelago - UNESCO World Heritage Site @WorldHeritageJourney
High Coast and Kvarken Archipelago - UNESCO World Heritage Site  @WorldHeritageJourney
Uploaded July 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
The UNESCO World Heritage site of Sweden's High Coast and Kvarken Archipelago area is a unique geological phenomenon. It's the highest coastline in the world, and was produced by a process known as "isostatic land uplift". What does that mean? Well, watch and find out!

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