Tree Fossil-Sathanur | |
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National Park | |
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| Nickname: Sathanur Kalmaram | |
  Tree Fossil-Sathanur | |
| Coordinates: 11°09′40.1″N 78°58′35.1″E / 11.161139°N 78.976417°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Region | Chola Nadu |
| District | Perambalur |
| Taluk | Kunnam |
| Village | Sathanur |
| Founded by | M. S. Krishnan (geologist) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 621106 |
National Fossil Wood Park, Sathanur[1] is a National Geo-heritage Monument of India [2][3][4] located at Sathanur in Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu. This park is located within Sathanur panchayat and has a fossilized tree trunk, which was discovered in 1940 by the geologist M. S. Krishnan of the Geological Survey of India, who hailed from Tanjore.
- ^ "National Fossil Wood Park". Geological Survey of India. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ National Geological Monument, from Geological Survey of India website Archived 2017-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Geo-Heritage Sites, Minister of Mines Press release, 09-March-2016
- ^ national geo-heritage of India, INTACH