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Aerial photo of the sunset scenery of Mount Changbaishan, northeast China's Jilin Province, January 20, 2024. /CFP
The Mount Changbaishan Geopark, along with five other Chinese geoparks, were named as Global Geoparks by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday.
"UNESCO's Executive Board has endorsed the addition of 18 sites to the UNESCO Global Geoparks network. This brings the total number of geoparks to 213 in 48 countries," the Paris-based UN body said in a statement.
An aerial view of the Enshi Grand Canyon, central China's Hubei Province. /CFP
Wugongshan Geopark in east China's Jiangxi Province, October 17, 2023. /CFP
Rape flower field in full bloom in Xingyi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, February 17, 2024. /CFP
Among the newly designated sites, the Mount Changbaishan Geopark is located in China's northeastern Jilin Province, which hosts dramatic landforms and diverse rock types that document significant multiphase volcanic eruptions.
The "millennium eruption," which took place around 1,000 years ago, is one of the largest volcanic eruptions in modern history and has left a lasting impact, creating special pyroclastic accumulations of international significance.
The five others are Enshi Grand Canyon-Tenglongdong Cave Geopark in Hubei Province, Linxia Geopark in Gansu Province, Longyan Geopark in Fujian Province, Wugongshan Geopark in Jiangxi Province and Xingyi Geopark in Guizhou Province.