Thus the GeoSites, which have been selected in Denmark, are the sites which are first and foremost part of our joint natural historic heritage, and, in this totally unique way, they document the creation of the earth and the landscape.

The director of Fur Museum Bo Pagh Schultz is very pleased and satisfied with the selection as a national GeoSite: “The selection is a national mark of honour which shows that Stolleklint and Knudeklint are of a natural world-class quality and that the geology on the north coast of Fur plays an important role when it comes to estimating the scientific world-wide value of the moler,” he says.

Bo Pagh Schultz says: “The hurricane on January 8, 2005, unearthed a special geological stratum of earth on the northern coast of Fur. It was Associate Professor Claus Heilmann-Clausen from Aarhus University who suggested that there could be a special geological stratum beneath the subsidence of earth at Stolleklint. He said that if there could be found turquoise clay which gradually becomes black clay, it is probably a unique phenomenon – and this was exactly what I saw after the hurricane. Then followed a long period of tenacious efforts, but now five years later and thanks to a grant of DKK 500,000 from The Danish Heritage Agency and also inestimable support from the research institute NIOZ in Holland, we can now confirm that it is actually totally unique. We are simply the best place in Europe where it is possible to see the geological proof of a 55.7 million year-old global warming”.

“With these research results we approached the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) and asked if the northern cost of Fur could be upgraded from a “supplementary GeoSite” to Hanklit on Mors into an independent national GeoSite. They agreed, and as of April 1st Fur has its own GeoSite. Thus we are better prepared for the selection of the moler cliffs on Fur and North Mors as a UNESCO World Heritage Site,” Bo Pagh Schultz adds.