Dinosaur Cove

Dinosaur Cove
Dinosaur Cove is located in Victoria
Dinosaur Cove
Dinosaur Cove
Location in Victoria
During the Cretaceous the site (red boxes) was within the Antarctic Circle
LocationThe Otways, Victoria
Coordinates38°46′48″S 143°24′18″E / 38.78000°S 143.40500°E / -38.78000; 143.40500[1]
TypeBay
Basin countriesAustralia

The Dinosaur Cove in Victoria, Australia is a fossil-bearing site in the south-east of the continent where the Otway Ranges meet the sea to the west of Cape Otway, adjacent to Great Otway National Park (map).[2] The inaccessible ocean-front cliffs include fossil-bearing strata of the Eumeralla Formation that date back to about 106 million years ago and has provided discoveries important in the research of the natural history of dinosaurs in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere as a whole.

  1. ^ "Dinosaur Cove (VIC)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. ^ "Dinosaur Cove", Victorian Resources Online, Department of Primary Industries, 31 December 2009, archived from the original on 4 April 2011, retrieved 2011-02-21