Nature / Natural monument
Osmancalı Fossil Forest Natural Monument
Yunusemre, Manisa
A 33-hectare fossil forest containing spruce and wingnut trunks petrified by lahar flows from the Yuntdağı volcanoes.
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Its story
The Osmancalı Fossil Forest was registered as a natural monument on 11 September 2024 and covers an area of about 33 hectares. The site is 500 meters east of the Osmancalı neighborhood, about 25 km from central Manisa. The trees were swept along and buried in lahar flows formed by the eruption of the Yuntdağı volcanoes and became petrified; the trunks mostly lie parallel to the flow, in a northeast–southwest direction. Studies identified two tree genera: spruce (Piceoxylon) and wingnut (Pterocaryoxylon). The number of trunks visible on the surface is limited, and some have been broken up by natural factors and human activity.
Key facts
- Area
- 33.39 ha
- Status
- Natural Monument
- Registered
- 11 September 2024
- Getting there
- 500 m from Osmancalı, paved road
Trip purpose
- Photography
- Quiet
- Day trip
Location
38.76223, 27.26280
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://ekotaban.tarimorman.gov.tr/?l=tr&alan=5547 | https://www.tarimorman.gov.tr/DKMP/Menu/28/Tabiat-Parklari