Parks, protected areas, and geographic heritage sites

Sunnhordland UNESCO Global Geopark

Sunnhordland UNESCO Global Geopark (Geopark Sunnhordland) is a geopark in Vestland, western Norway, designated by UNESCO in May 2023. It spans 4,764 km² across 8 municipalities, where the Hardangerfjord Fault separates 1.5-billion-year-old Baltica crust from Iapetus Ocean island-arc rocks.

Sunshine Coast Biosphere Reserve

Sunshine Coast Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO Man and the Biosphere site designated June 2022 in Queensland, Australia; 2,200 square kilometers, 375,328 residents, one of five Australian biospheres, adjoining Noosa and Great Sandy reserves.

Sunway Lagoon

Sunway Lagoon is a multi-park theme park in Sunway City Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Opened in 1992, it spans 88 acres on a former tin mine.

Suomenlinna

Fortress of Suomenlinna (Sveaborg) is a Swedish-built sea fortress begun in 1748 on islands at Helsinki's harbour entrance, later Russian and Finnish, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991 with about 800 residents.

Super *Tamari Fluvium

Super Tamari Fluvium, a Roman road station (statio) on the Tammaro river in Samnium, listed in the Antonine Itinerary (ItAnt 103.1, BAtlas 44 G3), traditionally identified near Santa Croce del Sannio, province of Benevento, Italy.

Super-Sonic bike park

Super-Sonic bike park is a theme park and tourist attraction in Kharkiv Raion, Ukraine, at 50.06359 N, 36.28146 E (OSM node 4450920118), listed as a Kyivskyi District amusement park, rated 8.6/10 on Mesta, currently shown closed.

Superland (Israel)

Superland (סופרלנד) is Israel's largest amusement park, opened 1991 in western Rishon LeZion on 80 dunams with 26 rides, owned by Entertainment City Ltd., known for the Kumba inverted coaster and Congo river ride.

SuperPark Vantaa

SuperPark Vantaa is a Finnish indoor activity park in Tammisto, Vantaa, opened January 2015 as the chain's third park. Over 7,000 m² with Freestyle Hall, Game Arena, and Adventure Area, timed wristband admission, owned by SP Capital since 2020.

Sur del Alto Parana Biosphere Reserve

Sur del Alto Paraná Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de Biosfera Sur del Alto Paraná), a UNESCO MAB site in Alto Paraná department, Paraguay, designated 5 June 2026; 172,564 ha of Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest with core areas Ñacunday National Park and Moisés Bertoni Scientific Monument.

Surb Stepanos Vank

Surb Stepanos Vank, also known as Maghardavank or Darashamb, is an Armenian monastery in northern Iran on the Araxes river near Julfa, a medieval center for calligraphy.

Surb Tadeos

Surb Tadeos (Surb Tadeosi vank, Qara Kelisa, Black Church) is an Armenian Apostolic monastery in West Azerbaijan, Iran, near Maku, venerated as the tomb of apostle Thaddeus; UNESCO World Heritage 2008, July pilgrimage ICH 2020.

Surfside Arcade

Surfside Arcade (Surfside Amusements) is a family-run amusement arcade and cafe on Pensarn Promenade, Abergele, Conwy, Wales, offering 2p machines, 20p prize bingo, crazy golf, and food; rated 4.9/5 on TripAdvisor. Distinct from arcades of the same name in St Annes and Surfside Beach, SC.

Survivors' Staircase

Survivors' Staircase, also called the Vesey Street Stairs or Survivor Stairs, is a preserved exterior World Trade Center plaza staircase used by hundreds fleeing on 9/11, the last above-ground remnant of the original complex, now displayed in the 9/11 Memorial Museum.

Sutrium

Sutrium (Etruscan Suthri; Greek Soutorion), ancient town of southern Etruria at modern Sutri, Italy, on the Via Cassia. Latin colony from 383 BC, Colonia Coniuncta Iulia Sutrina; rock-cut amphitheater, 64-tomb necropolis, and mithraeum.

Sutro Baths

Sutro Baths, opened by Adolph Sutro in San Francisco on March 14, 1896, was the world's largest indoor swimming pool complex, with seven pools, a glass bathhouse over three acres; it burned in 1966.

Sutter's Fort

Sutter's Fort, also called New Helvetia, is John Sutter's 1839 adobe fort in Sacramento, California, now a reconstructed state historic park, end of the California Trail, and California Historical Landmark.

Sutter's Mill

Sutter's Mill: sawmill at Coloma, California, on the South Fork of the American River, where James W. Marshall found gold on January 24, 1848, starting the California Gold Rush; also called Marshall Gold Discovery site.

Suwon Arboretum Irwol

Suwon Arboretum Irwol (일월수목원), a public flat-terrain urban arboretum in Jangan-gu, Suwon, opened May 19, 2023 beside Irwol Reservoir; 101,500 m², about 2,016 plant species, 16 themed gardens, first Korean public arboretum with BF certification.

Suzhou Shangfangshan Forest Zoo

Suzhou Shangfangshan Forest Zoo (上方山森林动物世界), successor of the 1954 Suzhou Zoo, opened 1 October 2016 at Shangfangshan, Suzhou; 67 hectares, 100+ species, South China tiger breeding base, and Susu, China's last Yangtze giant softshell turtle.

Suzuka Circuit Motopia Amusement Park

Suzuka Circuit Motopia (鈴鹿サーキットモートピア), now Suzuka Circuit Park, is Honda's vehicle-themed amusement park beside the Suzuka F1 circuit in Mie, Japan. Opened 1963; over 30 self-drive attractions, license cards, Circuit Challenger laps of the real track.

Svyatopolk-Chetvertinsky Palace and Park Complex

Svyatopolk-Chetvertinsky palace and park complex (Палацава-паркавы комплекс Святаполкаў-Чацвярцінскіх) in Zheludok, Belarus: neo-baroque palace completed 1908 by Prince Ludwig Svyatopolk-Chetvertinsky, designed by Władysław Marconi, now a protected, privately restored heritage site.

Swabian Alb Biosphere Reserve

Swabian Alb Biosphere Reserve (Biosphärengebiet Schwäbische Alb), UNESCO biosphere reserve in Baden-Württemberg since 2009, centered on the former Münsingen military training area; 121,445 ha after 2026 expansion, 36 municipalities, three-zone model, ALBGEMACHT regional brand.

Swarthy Hill

Swarthy Hill (Milefortlet 21, Swarthy Hill Roman Mile Fortlet) is a Cumbrian coastal hill at Crosscanonby holding a Hadrianic Roman milefortlet, excavated 1990-91 and reconstructed, plus an Iron Age triple-ditched hillfort, Cumbria's only known coastal example.