National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai

National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai
National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai is located in Tamil Nadu
National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai
TypeFossil park
LocationTamil Nadu, India
Coordinates12°01′09″N 79°39′12″E / 12.01917°N 79.65333°E / 12.01917; 79.65333
Area247 acres (100 ha)
Created1940; 84 years ago (1940)
Operated byGeological Survey of India
StatusProtected area

The National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument located in the Villupuram District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and is maintained by the Geological Survey of India.[1] The park was established in 1940[2] and is located 1 km east of Thiruvakkarai[3][4] village on the road between Tindivanam and Pondicherry.[5]

  1. ^ "Fossil Wood parks". Geological Survey of India. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  2. ^ Kodinhi, Hussain. "Millions of years ago, there lived a tree". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  3. ^ "VCK candidate vows to put Vanur on tourism map". The Hindu. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. ^ These trees speak, but not many hear, The Hindu ne village on the road between Tindivanam and Pondicherry.wspaper, 2-Nov-2014
  5. ^ Lifeless air hovers over Fossil Wood Park, The Hindu newspaper, 1-Feb-2012