GeoMôn

GeoMôn or Anglesey Geopark, was admitted to the European Geoparks Network and to the UNESCO-assisted Global Network of National Geoparks in May 2009. It is the second Geopark to be designated in Wales, the seventh within the United Kingdom and the thirty-third in Europe.[1]

Originally geoconservation on Anglesey was administered by the Gwynedd and Mon RIGS group, but a decision was taken to apply for Geopark membership. GeoMôn is a limited company, registered at Companies House, which administers the Geopark and currently has 4 directors, two geologists and two Isle of Anglesey County Council officials. The Geopark designation reflects the extraordinary diversity of the site's geology,[1] which encompasses solid rocks from the Precambrian to the Neogene with some Miocene sediments and extensive Pleistocene glaciation features from the Quaternary period.

References
  1. Geoparks: Anglesey Geopark Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, Countryside Council for Wales. Retrieved 2013-09-27.

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