Petrified Forest (Sarmiento)

Sarmiento Petrified Forest Provincial Natural Monument
Petrified trees
Nearest city	Sarmiento, Chubut Province, Argentina
Coordinates	45°48′56″S 69°03′52″W / 45.81556°S 69.06444°W / -45.81556; -69.06444Coordinates: 45°48′56″S 69°03′52″W / 45.81556°S 69.06444°W / -45.81556; -69.06444
Established	1973

The Petrified Forest 30 km south of Sarmiento, Argentina is a provincial natural monument.

It a forest from the Cenozoic era, the petrified wood is of primitive conifers and palm trees.^[1]

References

In the world

Europe	Petrified forest of Lesbos, Greece Chemnitz petrified forest, Germany Dorset Fossil Forest, United Kingdom

North America	Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona Calistoga Petrified Forest, California Pike Petrified Forest, Colorado Mississippi Petrified Forest, Mississippi Gilboa Fossil Forest, New York Escalante Petrified Forest State Park, Utah Lemmon Petrified Wood Park, South Dakota Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park, Washington Specimen Ridge, Wyoming Axel Heiberg Island, Canada

South America	Sarmiento Petrified Forest, Argentina Palaeobotanical Garden in Mata, Brazil

Oceania	Lake Macquarie Petrified Forest, Australia Curio Bay, New Zealand

Other	Damaraland, Namibia Bantak Petrified Forest Park, Thailand

In fiction

The Petrified Forest

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