UNESCO HERITAGE
IN MALAYSIA
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Kilim Geopark Langkawi
Current Status
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance. The sites are judged to contain “cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity”.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to preserve the cultural or natural heritage which has been nominated by countries that are signatories to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.
Malaysia ratified the convention on 7 December 1988.
Kilim Geopark Langkawi is the only geopark
in Malaysia that has UNESCO Global
recognition.
UPCOMING 2025
UNESCO GEOPARK IN
KLANG VALLEY
Selangor Government has in August 2022 officially recognized 22 sites as Geopark known as GHL Geopark and one of it is here known as Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge. The state government plans to submit these geoparks for national recognition in 2023 and UNESCO Global recognition in 2025.
Batu Caves & Bukit Tabur- tourism destination Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge. The Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge is a quartz dyke that runs through the northeast of Kuala Lumpur and the st ate of Selangor, Malaysia within the Bukit Lagong-Kanching-Klang Gates region. With a dimension of more than 14 km long and 200 m wide, it is the longest quartz formation in the world.
Batu Caves & Bukit Tabur- tourism destination Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge.
WONDERS OF THE WORLD
GOMBAK SELANGOR QUARTZ RIDGE
On 24 June 2015 the Klang Gates Quartz Ridge was formally named the Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge or Permatang Kuarza Gombak Selangor (PKGS) by the Selangor State Government.
The most spectacular part of the quartz ridge is its protruding mid-section, which encompasses Taman Melawati, National Zoo (Zoo Negara) in the Ampang Jaya area and part of Selayang Municipal Area. From a distance, this section is said to resemble the guling ayam (cocks combs) or more dramatically, the spine of a dragon.
Gombak Geopark Berhad aims to structure the preservation effort by the land owners, the local operators , stakeholders and communities.
Gombak Geopark
9 Development Strategy
PKGS WAS
DECLARED AS
The State Park
PKGS WAS
DECLARED AS
National Geopark
PKGS WILL BE
DECLARED AS
UNESCO Global Geopark
Current Situation
The Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge that span more than 14km long & 200m wide, has been as one of the favourite spot for hikers and natural lovers.
No structured effort has been taken to alleviate and to promote the area as the preservation,environment, tourism, recreation and education product such as constructing a better hiking trail, basic amenities, or to sustainable develop the area as center of commercials.
Ununified operators with individual objectives rather than collective objectives.
Currently the landowners, professionals and academia are working under one roof to collaborate with the State in the effort to preserve the buffer zone and promote the sites at UNESCO level.
GALLERY
LET'S PRESERVE
OUR HERITAGE
GOMBAK SELANGOR QUARTZ RIDGE
Permatang Kuarza Gombak Selangor (PKGS)
On 24 June 2015 the Klang Gates Quartz Ridge was formally named the Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge or Permatang Kuarza Gombak Selangor (PKGS) by the Selangor State Government.
It was believed as the longest quartz ridge in the world which is about 14 km long. Their wide is range between 50 m to 200 m and elevation more than 300 m from sea level. The GSQR can be divided into the eastern and western section by the dam. Three type of quartz crystal growth was identified as rutile quartz growth, milky quartz and smoky quartz.
The milky quartz was found dominantly at the eastern section; whilst at the western section consists of smoky and milky quartz. At least three phases of quartz vein intrusions were recognized in our survey which is identified as major phase, fault phase and minor phase. The petrography study show the most abundant mineral is quartz (> 90%), alkali feldspar and plagioclase is less than 5%, while zircon and apatite occurs as accessory mineral as inclusion in quartz crystal. The result show that quartz vein of GSQR is very high quality silica rock because in average value of SiO2 more than 95.0 wt% .The average values for Al2O3, Fe2O3 dan TiO2 were 1.10 wt%, 0.04 wt% dan 0.01 wt% respectively. Silica rock from GSQR is suitable for many type of industry including as source material for solar panel, fiber optic and high tech industry such as computer chip. It was built entirely of quartz vein formed when residual magma crystallized and consolidated within vertical slab of dyke through large linear fissures within massive granitic rock known as Kuala Lumpur Granite about 200 million years ago.
The most spectacular part of the quartz ridge is its protruding mid-section, which encompasses Taman Melawati, National Zoo (Zoo Negara) in the Ampang Jaya area and part of Selayang Municipal Area. From a distance, this section is said to resemble the spine of a dragon.
Gombak Geopark Berhad aims to structure the preservation effort by the land owners, the local operators , stakeholders and communities.
We can now proudly claim that The World’s Longest Quartz Ridge is ours, its fate is in our hands.
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