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==Geography== [[File:Summer landscape Telemark (2690578882).jpg|thumb|left|Mountain landscape in [[Vinje]], [[Upper Telemark]]]] [[File:Langesund og Langøya 01.jpg|thumb|left|Coastal landscape in [[Langesund]], [[Nedre Telemark|Lower Telemark]]]] Telemark is located in southeastern Norway, extending from the [[Hardangervidda]] mountain plateau in the North to the [[Skagerrak]] coast in the South. Telemark has a varied and scenic landscape, including a rugged coastline, valleys, lakes, hills mountains, and mountain plateaus.<ref name=":0" /> Southern Telemark is the location of the Gea Norvegica [[UNESCO Global Geoparks|UNESCO Global Geopark]] (UGG), established in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=GEA NORVEGICA UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK -Global Network of National Geoparks |url=http://www.globalgeopark.org/GeoparkMap/geoparks/Norway/12569.htm |website=www.globalgeopark.org}}</ref> The UGG carries significance to Norway with an abundance of [[larvikite]] along the [[Oslo Rift]], [[Paleozoic]] fossils, geological artifacts of [[glacial motion|glacial retreat]] from the [[Last Glacial Maximum|last glacial maximum]], and rocks from the [[Sveconorwegian orogeny|Sveconorwegian Orogeny]]. It is the first UGG in Scandinavia.
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