World Heritage Site: The Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast

The Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast site was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. The dataset likely contains geospatial boundaries for the site, which occupies approximately 70 hectares of land and 160 hectares of sea along the North Antrim Coast. It is published by the Government Digital Service under an open government license.

Use Cases

• Map the boundaries of a UNESCO World Heritage Site based on the described land and sea area.
• Analyze the spatial footprint of a natural heritage site for conservation planning.
• Integrate site geometry with other environmental datasets for regional studies.
• Visualize the location and extent of a site recognized for its geological significance and natural beauty.

Strengths

• Provides specific area measurements: approximately 70 hectares of land and 160 hectares of sea.
• Includes authoritative UNESCO inscription criteria and year (1986).
• Available in standard geospatial formats (GEOJSON, ESRI SHAPE).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely official boundary delineation for the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Time Range

Inscription date is 1986; temporal coverage of the data itself is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

The Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast, North Antrim Coast.