HERITAGE RECORD · 352

Rock Art of Alta

阿尔塔岩画

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

This group of petroglyphs in the Alta Fjord, near the Arctic Circle, bears the traces of a settlement dating from c. 4200 to 500 B.C. The thousands of paintings and engravings add to our understanding of the environment and human activities on the fringes of the Far North in prehistoric times.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ433634 ↗

Area53.59 ha

Administrative areaQ6535

WikipediaRock carvings at Alta ↗

Chinese Wikipedia阿爾塔岩畫 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

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