Zambia
Chirundu Fossil Forest
Chirundu Fossil Forest by Roman Bruehwiler
The Chirundu Fossil Forest is a national monument containing fossilized or petrified tree trunks from the Karoo age during the Jurassic period. The fossils of coniferous trees bear evidence of a former temperate climate subject to seasonal variations. This site includes superb fossilized tree trunks, with some measuring up to 1.2 meters in diameter, and others measuring up to ten meters in length.
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- Full Name
- Chirundu Fossil Forest (ID: 5424)
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- Zambia
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On tentative list 2009
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History of Chirundu Fossil Forest
- 2009: Added to Tentative List
- Added to tentative list
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- UNESCO
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