Lesvos Petrified Forest

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The Lesvos Petrified Forest is a petrified wood forest on the island of Lesbos, Greece.

The forest was formed from the fossilized remains of

The petrified forest was formed by successive volcanic eruptions which took place between 17 and 20 million years ago, covering a large part of the island in lava and ash. The earliest forests show the vegetation, at the time of formation was subtropical, which differs from the present day Mediterranean vegetation.[4]The Sigri pyroclastic formation is connected to the fossilization of the forest. ^[5]

Museum

There is a natural history museum associated with the petrified forest.^[6]

Geoheritage designations

UNESCO World Heritage Site

The petrified forest of Lesbos, as of 2014^[update], was proposed for UNESCO's Tentative List of World Heritage Sites.^{[citation needed][needs update]}

IUGS geological heritage site

In respect of it having 'one of [the] most complete early Miocene forest ecosystem records of the world', the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) included the 'Lesvos Early Miocene Petrified Forest' in its assemblage of 100 'geological heritage sites' around the world in a listing published in October 2022. The organisation defines an IUGS Geological Heritage Site as 'a key place with geological elements and/or processes of international scientific relevance, used as a reference, and/or with a substantial contribution to the development of geological sciences through history.'^[7]

See also

• Lesbos
• Petrified Forest National Park
• Petrified forest of Evia, a similar petrified forest elsewhere in Greece

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Petrified forest of Lesbos.

• The Lesbos Petrified Forest - European and Global Geopark
• The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest
• Awarded "EDEN - European Destinations of Excellence" non traditional tourist destination 2009

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