CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
Menu
Research dossier · General Reference

List of national geoparks

Wikimedia list article

Cross-disciplinary reference desk with index cards, atlas, dictionary and catalogue
General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 24, 2025
Entity authorityQ6591406
Source-derived summary

This list includes areas designated as "geopark" on the national level. This should not be confused with members of either the European Geoparks Network or the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network.

Australia

Kanawinka Geopark

Austria

Kamptal Geopark

Brazil

Geopark Paleorrota

Bulgaria

Iskar–Panega Geopark

China

Protected areas of the People's Republic of China

Czech Republic

Bohemian-Moravian Highlands Geopark

Blaník Knights County Geopark

Egeria Geopark

GeoLoci Geopark

Iron Mountains Geopark

Moravian-Silesian Foothills Geopark

Ralsko Geopark

Germany

Bergstraße-Odenwald

Bayern–Böhmen

GrenzWelten

Harz - Braunschweiger Land - Ostfalen

Inselsberg – Drei Gleichen

Kyffhäuser

Laacher See

Muskau Arch

Porphyrland

Ries

Ruhrgebiet

Sachsens Mitte

Schieferland

Schwäbische Alb

TERRA.vita

Vulkaneifel

Vulkanregion Vogelsberg

Westerwald–Lahn–Taunus

Indonesia

Batur

Belitung

Ciletuh-Palabuhanratu

Gunung Sewu

Ijen

Kebumen Geopark

Maros-Pangkep

Merangin Jambi

Meratus

Raja Ampat

Rinjani

Toba Caldera

Japan

Tokachi Shikaoi Geopark (Hokkaido)

Shirataki Geopark (Hokkaido)

Tokachidake Geopark (Hokkaido)

Mikasa Geopark (Hokkaido)

Shimokita Geopark (Aomori)

Sanriku Geopark (Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi)

Happo-Shirakami Geopark (Akita)

Oga Peninsula-Ogata Geopark (Akita)

Mt. Chokai & Tobishima Island Geopark (Yamagata, Akita)

Yuzawa Geopark (Akita)

Mt. Kurikoma Area Geopark (Miyagi)

Zao Geopark (Miyagi)

Bandaisan Geopark (Fukushima)

Mt. Asama North Geopark (Gunma)

Shimonita Geopark (Gunma)

Chichibu Geopark (Saitama)

Mt. Tsukuba Area Geopark (Ibaraki)

Choshi Geopark (Chiba)

Hakone Geopark (Shinagawa)

IzuOshima Geopark (Tokyo)

Sado Island Geopark (Niigata)

Naeba-Sanroku Geopark (Niigata, Nagano)

Minami-Alps (MTL Area) Geopark (Nagano)

Tateyama Kurobe Geopark (Toyama)

Nanki Kumano Geopark (Nara, Wakayama)

Shimane Peninsula and Shinjiko Nakaumi Estuary Geopark (Shimane)

Hagi Geopark (Yamaguchi)

Mine Akiyoshidai Karst Plateau Geopark (Yamaguchi)

Shikoku Seiyo Geopark (Ehime)

Tosashimizu Geopark (Kochi)

Miyoshi Geopark (Tokushima)

Oita Himeshima Geopark (Oita)

Oita Bungoono Geopark (Oita)

Kirishima Geopark (Miyazaki, Kagoshima)

Sakurajima-Kinkowan Geopark (Kagoshima)

South Africa

Barberton Geopark

Vredefort Meteor Impact Site

tswaing geopark

Turkey

Ida Madra Geopark

Kızılcahamam-Çamlıdere Geopark

Nemrut-Süphan Geopark

Sivas-Upper Kızılırmak Geopark

Zonguldak Coal Geopark

United Kingdom

There are no 'national Geoparks' within the UK (as at July 2020); there are however a number of UNESCO Global Geoparks.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “List of national geoparks” as wikimedia list article. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2020—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where List, national and geoparks can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as wikimedia list article. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 24, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q6591406. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2020.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “List of national geoparks”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow List of national geoparks primary sources, List of national geoparks archive and List research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “List of national geoparks”?
  2. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
  3. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from List of national geoparks” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.