Ha Long Bay, Vetnam

Ha Long Bay, situated in the Gulf of Tonkin, within Quang Ninh Province, in the northeast of Vietnam, is165 km from the capital of HA Noi. Covering an space of forty three,400 HA and together with over 1600 islands and islets, most of which square measure uninhabitated and unaffected by humans, it forms a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars associate degreed is an ideal model of a mature Karst landscape developed throughout a heat and wet tropical climate.

The outstanding value of the property is focused around the submerged rock karst landforms, displaying spectacular pillars with a variety of coastal erosional options like arches and caves that kind an imposing natural scenery. The repeated regression and transgression of the ocean on the rock karst over geologic time has created a mature landscape of clusters of round shape peaks and isolated towers that were changed by ocean invasion.

Criterion  Comprised of a multitude of limestone islands and islets rising from the ocean, in a type of sizes and shapes and presenting picturesque, unspoiled nature, Ha Long Bay is a spectacular seascape carven naturally. The property retains a high level of naturalness, and despite its long history of human use,  is not seriously gain. Outstanding features of the property embrace the glorious lofty rock pillars and arches and caves,associated notches, which square measure exceptionally well-developed and among the best given of their sort within the world.

Criterion  As the most extensive and best illustrious example of marine-invaded tower karst within the world HA Long Bay is one in every of the world’s most vital areas of Fengcong (clusters of round shape peaks) and Fenglin (isolated tower features) karst. Abundant lakes, occupying drowned dolines, are one of the distinctive options of the Fencong karst, with some appearing to be recurrent event. The property also displays the full vary of karst formation processes on a awfully giant scale and over a awfully long amount of geologic time, possessing the most intensive example of its sort within the world and providing a novel and therefore the nature of karst processes in a very advanced atmosphere.
Integrity
All elements necessary to decently shield the outstanding scenic and geologic values of the HA Long Bay property square measure enclosed inside the boundaries of the property and its size and space give sufficient integrity for the giant scale structural processes to work unrestrained. It benefits from being fully enclosed by a giant and intensive buffer zone with each the scale and space providing decent integrity for the big scale geomorphic processes to work unrestrained.

Located inside associate degree space of high business enterprise. The natural scenic features, landform values, geomorphology and cultural heritage along with key options like islands.

Ha Long Bay was established as a cultural and historical relict and classified as a National Landscape website in 1962. Subsequently selected as a Special National Landscape website underneath the Cultural Heritage Law amended in 2009.So Tourism and Sports, along with alternative relevant ministries.