UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Scotland)

World Heritage Sites are designated to meet the UK's commitments under the World Heritage Convention. The UK's ratification also extends to its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. These sites are designated for their globally important cultural or natural interest and require appropriate management and protection measures. Natural properties may be terrestrial or marine areas.
 
Citation proposal
Lachlan Renwick (Scottish Natural Heritage). UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Scotland). https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9DB7C41B-6FD4-4C19-AFEA-1DCE27127593

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Date ( Creation )
1997
Date ( Revision )
2019-05
Identifier
WHS
Presentation form
mapDigital Digital map

  Custodian

Maintenance and update frequency
irregular Irregular
Name
ESRI Shapefile
Version
1.0
Government Category List
  • Environmental protection
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Protected sites
Access constraints
copyright Copyright
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Use constraints
copyright Copyright
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Copyright Scottish Natural Heritage
Use limitation
Spatial representation type
vector Vector
Distance
5  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Environment
Geographic identifier
GB-SCT

 

Date ( Publication )
2006-01-01

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Reference system identifier
EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700) / 7.4
Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile (1.0 )

  • GML (3.2.1 )

  • KML (2.1 )

  Distributor

OnLine resource
ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700)  
OnLine resource
Google Earth KML 2.1 (EPSG:4326)  
OnLine resource
GML 3.1.1 (zipped, EPSG:4258)  
OnLine resource
MapInfo MIF (ESPG:27700)  
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Statement

Description

According to the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, a World Heritage Site must have outstanding universal value. It will represent the major stages of the earth's evolutionary history, significant self- perpetuating geological processes, biological evolution or man's interaction with his natural environment. It will contain a superlative natural phenomenon, formations or features or areas of exceptional natural beauty or natural habitats where threatened species of animals or plants of outstanding universal value can survive.

Criteria

A World Heritage Site must be an outstanding example of universal value in terms of such criteria as the World Heritage Committee shall establish and publish in a "World Heritage List" of properties. The Committee may reject nominations for definitive listing if is not satisfied that a site will be adequately protected and may remove from the List sites which have become so damaged they have lost the qualities justifying their original listing.

Designating Authority

The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO (the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage). Role of SNH SNH advises the Secretary of State for Scotland on sites considered to merit designation.

Legislative Context

Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted in 1972 by the General Conference of UNESCO and ratified by the UK Government in 1984. In the UK World Heritage Sites are protected under existing conservation legislation eg planning control and the protection afforded under SSSI and NSA Designation.

Metadata

File identifier
9DB7C41B-6FD4-4C19-AFEA-1DCE27127593   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2019-12-03
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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