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30 May, 2020
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Erra Matti Dibbalu
Erra Matti Dibbalu is dissected and stabilized coastal red sediment mounds, located between Visakhapatnam and Bheemunipatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
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There are 32 Geo-Heritage sites in India. They are lised below:
S. No |
Geological heritage site / National geological monument
|
S. No |
Geological heritage site / National geological monument |
|
ANDHRA PRADESH |
18 |
Kishangarh Nepheline Syenite, Ajmer Dist. |
1 |
Volcanogenic bedded Barytes, Mangampeta, Cuddapah Dist. |
19 |
Welded Tuff, Jodhpur Dist. |
2 |
Eparchaean Unconformity, Chittor Dist. |
20 |
Jodhpur Group – Malani Igneous Suite Contact, Jodhpur Dist. |
3 |
Natural Geological Arch, Tirumala Hills, Chittor Dist. |
21 |
Great Boundary Fault at Satur, Bundi Dist. |
4 |
Erra Matti Dibbalu- the dissected and stabilized coastal red sediment mounds located between Vishakhapatnam and Bhimunipatnam. |
|
MAHARASHTRA |
|
KERALA |
22 |
Lonar Lake, Buldana Dist. |
5 |
Laterite near Angadipuram PWD rest house premises, Malapuram Dist. |
|
CHATTISGARH |
6 |
Varkala Cliff Section, Thiruvanatapuram Dist. |
22 |
Lower Permian Marine bed at Manendragarh, Surguja Dist. |
|
TAMILNADU |
|
KARNATAKA |
7 |
Fossil wood near Tiruvakkarai, South Arcot Dist. |
24 |
Columnar Lava, St Mary Island Udupi Dist. |
8 |
National fossil wood park, Sattanur, Tiruchirapalli Dist. |
25 |
Pillow lavas near Mardihalli, Chitradurga Dist. |
9 |
Charnockite, St. Thomas Mount, Madras. |
26 |
Peninsular Gneiss, Lalbagh, Banglore |
10 |
Badlands of Karai Formation with Cretaceous fossils along Karai – Kulakkalnattam Section, Perambalur District. |
27 |
Pyroclastics & Pillow lavas, Kolar Gold fields, Kolar Dist. |
|
GUJARAT |
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH |
11 |
Sedimentary Structures – Eddy Markings, Kadan Dam, Panch Mahals Dist. |
28 |
Siwalik Fossil Park, Saketi, Sirmur dt., |
|
RAJASTHAN |
|
ODISHA |
12 |
Sendra Granite, Pali Dist. |
29 |
Pillow Lava in lron ore belt at Nomira, Keonjhar dist. |
13 |
Barr Conglomerate, Pali Dist. |
|
JHARKHAND |
14 |
Stromatolite Fossil Park, Jharmarkotra Rock Phosphate deposit, Udaipur Dist. |
30 |
Plant Fossil bearing Inter-trappean beds of Rajmahal Formation, upper Gondwana sequence around Mandro, Sahibganj dist. |
15 |
Gossan in Rajpura-Dariba Mineralised belt, Udaipur Dist. |
|
NAGALAND |
16 |
Stromatolite Park near Bhojunda, Chittaurgarh Dist. |
31 |
Nagahill Ophiolite Site near Pungro, |
17 |
Akal Fossil Wood Park, Jaisalmer Dist. |
|
SIKKIM |
|
|
32 |
Stromatolite bearing Dolomite / Limestone of Buxa Formation at Mamley, near Namchi, South district. |
Source: PIB
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