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Algarvensis UNESCO Global Geopark
Algarvensis UNESCO Global Geopark (Geoparque Algarvensis), in Portugal's Algarve across Loulé, Silves, and Albufeira, designated 24 April 2026; 1,386 km2, 330-million-year geological record, Metoposaurus algarvensis fossil site, Loulé Salt Mine.
Azores UNESCO Global Geopark
The Azores UNESCO Global Geopark (Geoparque Açores) is a UNESCO Global Geopark covering the nine islands of the Azores, created in 2010 and the first archipelagic geopark.
Calatrava Volcanoes. Ciudad Real UNESCO Global Geopark
Calatrava Volcanoes. Ciudad Real UNESCO Global Geopark (Geoparque Volcanes de Calatrava), designated by UNESCO in March 2024 in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain: a 4,015 km2 monogenetic volcanic field of maars and scoria cones, plus Almadén mercury and Puertollano fossils.
Courel Mountains UNESCO Global Geopark
Courel Mountains UNESCO Global Geopark (Montañas do Courel), Galicia, Spain; designated 11 April 2019; 57,800 ha across Folgoso do Courel, Quiroga, and Ribas de Sil; Variscan Courel syncline, Roman gold mines, slate heritage, 67 geosites.
Estrela UNESCO Global Geopark
Estrela UNESCO Global Geopark (Geopark Estrela), designated 2020 in east central Portugal around Serra da Estrela, covers 221,600 ha with 147 geosites, Neoproterozoic-to-Pleistocene geology, and a Last Glacial Maximum ice field of about 66 km2.
Granada UNESCO Global Geopark
Granada UNESCO Global Geopark (Geoparque de Granada), designated 2020 in Andalusia, Spain: 4,722 km², 47 municipalities, Guadix-Baza basin badlands, Quaternary mammal fossils, cave houses, 73 geological interest sites.
Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geopark
Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geopark (Geoparque de Lanzarote y Archipiélago Chinijo), a Spanish geopark designated in 2015 covering Lanzarote and five islets, with the 1730–1736 Timanfaya eruption, the 7.6 km La Corona lava tube, and the EU's largest marine reserve.
Las Loras UNESCO Global Geopark
Las Loras UNESCO Global Geopark is a geopark in northern Castilla y León, Spain, designated by UNESCO in 2017 for its moorland plateaus, karst, and canyons.
Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark
Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark (Geopark Naturtejo), Portugal's first geopark, designated in 2006; a ~5,000 km² territory across seven municipalities in central Portugal with 176 geosites, 17 geomonuments, and geotourism and education programs.
Oeste UNESCO Global Geopark
Oeste UNESCO Global Geopark, designated by UNESCO in 2024, covers six municipalities on Portugal's central west coast north of Lisbon and is known for dinosaur fossils.
Sierra Morena de Sevilla UNESCO Global Geopark
Sierra Morena de Sevilla UNESCO Global Geopark, formerly Sierra Norte de Sevilla, is a 177,484-hectare natural park in northern Seville province, Spain, a UNESCO Global Geopark since 2015, home to the El Pintado 1 Ordovician–Silurian GSSP.
Sobrarbe-Pirineos UNESCO Global Geopark
Sobrarbe-Pirineos UNESCO Global Geopark (Geoparque Mundial UNESCO Sobrarbe-Pirineos), designated 2015, covers all 2,202 km² of the Sobrarbe comarca in Huesca, Aragon, Spain; a Pyrenean geopark with the Monte Perdido limestone massif, in the network since 2006.
Terras de Cavaleiros UNESCO Global Geopark
Terras de Cavaleiros UNESCO Global Geopark, in Macedo de Cavaleiros, Trás-os-Montes, northeastern Portugal, is a 700 km2 geopark designated in 2014, with 42 geosites, Pre-Mesozoic allochthonous units, and the Vilariça fault.
Villuercas-Ibores-Jara UNESCO Global Geopark
Villuercas-Ibores-Jara UNESCO Global Geopark, Extremadura, Spain: a ~2,500 km² Appalachian-relief territory, European Geopark 2011, UNESCO Global Geopark 2015, with 44-50 geosites and the Geocentros school project.