Salkhan Fossils Park

Salkhan Fossils Park
Sonebhadra Fossils Park, Sonbhadra Fossils Park
Salkhan Fossils Park is located in Uttar Pradesh
Salkhan Fossils Park
Location in India
Salkhan Fossils Park is located in India
Salkhan Fossils Park
Salkhan Fossils Park (India)
Typefossil park
LocationSalkhan, Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nearest cityRobertsganj (12 km)
Coordinates24°35′18″N 83°02′27″E / 24.588380°N 83.040794°E / 24.588380; 83.040794
Area25 hectares (0.25 km²)
Created2002
Operated byUP Forest Department
Type of fossilsalgae, stromatolites

Salkhan Fossils Park, officially known as Sonbhadra Fossils Park, is a fossil park in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located 12 km from Robertsganj, near Salkhan village on state highway SH5A in Sonbhadra district. The fossils in the park are estimated to be nearly 1.4 billion years old. The fossils appear as rings on the boulders and are scattered in Fossil rings on boulders in the park which is spread over an area of about 25 hectares in the Kaimoor Wildlife range.[1]