Greece
Petrified Forest of Lesvos
The Petrified Forest of Lesvos is located in the eastern part of the island of Lesbos in the northern Aegean Sea. The petrified forest consists of hundreds of petrified trunks of conifers and deciduous trees. It was formed 20 million years ago during the Lower Miocene when the Aegean Sea was a continental area with intense volcanic activity. Volcanic ash falls and mudflows enclosed the subtropical mixed forest and petrified the trees.
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Official Information
- Full Name
- Petrified Forest of Lesvos (ID: 5858)
- Country
- Greece
- Status
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On tentative list 1988
Site history
History of Petrified Forest of Lesvos
- 1988: Added to Tentative List
- Added to tentative list
- 1988: Deferred
- Field review required - and work group to review fossil sites worldwide
- Criteria
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- UNESCO
- whc.unesco.org
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- Paleontology: Non-hominid fossils
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