National Fossil Wood Park, Sathanur

Tree Fossil-Sathanur
National Park
Nickname: 
Sathanur Kalmaram
Tree Fossil-Sathanur is located in Tamil Nadu
Tree Fossil-Sathanur
Tree Fossil-Sathanur
Coordinates: 11°09′40.1″N 78°58′35.1″E / 11.161139°N 78.976417°E / 11.161139; 78.976417
CountryIndia India
StateTamil Nadu
RegionChola Nadu
DistrictPerambalur
TalukKunnam
VillageSathanur
Founded byM. S. Krishnan (geologist)
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+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.

  1. ^ "National Fossil Wood Park". Geological Survey of India. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  2. ^ National Geological Monument, from Geological Survey of India website Archived 2017-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Geo-Heritage Sites, Minister of Mines Press release, 09-March-2016
  4. ^ national geo-heritage of India, INTACH