UNESCO WHS - Mistaken Point Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie - Mistaken Point - This fossil site is located at the south-eastern tip of the island of Newfoundland, in eastern Canada. It consists of a narrow, 17 km-long strip of rugged coastal cliffs. Of deep marine origin, these cliffs date to the Ediacaran Period (580-560 million years ago), representing the oldest known assemblages of large fossils anywhere. These fossils illustrate a watershed in the history of life on earth: the appearance of large, biologically complex organisms, after almost three billion years of micro-dominated evolution. Name: Mistaken Point Location: Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Inscription: 2016 Category: Natural (viii) Unesco Ref: 1497 Special Feature: The card has a QR-Code on the backside to navigate for more Informationas about the side