Samariá Gorge National Park

Summary

Samariá Gorge National Park is a canyon^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of canyon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Samariá Gorge National Park was a member of Man and the Biosphere Programme^[3].
• Samariá Gorge National Park is located in Sfakia Municipality^[4].
• Samariá Gorge National Park is in the country of Greece^[5].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's image is recorded as Samari3.jpg^[6].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's instance of is recorded as canyon^[7].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's owned by is recorded as Samaria National Park^[8].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's owned by is recorded as Sfakia Municipality^[9].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's owned by is recorded as Ethnikos Drymos Samarias - Farangi Trypitis - Psilafi - Koustogerako^[10].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315527117^[11].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's GND ID is recorded as 4051467-5^[12].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh88003481^[13].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's Commons category is recorded as Samaria Gorge^[14].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.271111111111, 'lon': 23.961388888889}^[15].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0p8xc^[16].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Crete^[17].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's IUCN protected areas category is recorded as IUCN category II: National Park^[18].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's Commons gallery is recorded as Samaria Gorge^[19].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site^[20].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's heritage designation is recorded as biosphere reserve^[21].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's heritage designation is recorded as national park^[22].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's GeoNames ID is recorded as 254126^[23].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's FAST ID is recorded as 1248188^[24].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -827743^[25].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's UNESCO Biosphere Reserve URL is recorded as http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/europe-north-america/greece/gorge-of-samaria/^[26].
• Samariá Gorge National Park's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (vii)^[27].

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Geography

Samariá Gorge National Park is in the country of Greece^[5]. It is located in Sfakia Municipality^[4].

Designation and Status

Samariá Gorge National Park's instance of is recorded as canyon^[7]. Heritage statuses include Tentative World Heritage Site^[20], biosphere reserve^[21], and national park^[22].

History and Context

Owners include Samaria National Park^[8], a national park^[28], in Greece^[29], founded in 1962^[30]; Sfakia Municipality^[9], a municipality of Greece^[31], in Greece^[32], founded in 1997^[33], headquartered in Hora Sfakion^[34]; and Ethnikos Drymos Samarias - Farangi Trypitis - Psilafi - Koustogerako^[10], a Special Protection Area^[35], in Greece^[36].

Why It Matters

Samariá Gorge National Park ranks in the top 6% of canyon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (169 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]