Pobiti Kamani
| Pobiti Kamani | |
|---|---|
| The Stone Desert | |
 Rock formations | |
  Location within Bulgaria | |
| Location | Varna Province, Bulgaria |
| Nearest city | Aksakovo |
| Coordinates | 43°13′35″N 27°42′24″E / 43.22639°N 27.70667°E |
| Area | 13 sq km (5 sq mi) |
Pobiti Kamani (
The stone pillars were first described by Russian archaeologist and historian Victor Teplyakov in 1829.[2] In order to be preserved, Pobiti Kamani was designated a natural landmark in the late 1930s.[3]
There are a number of theories regarding the phenomenon's origin. The pioneering hypotheses can be divided roughly into two groups: suggesting an organic or abiotic origin. According to the former, the formations are the result of coral activity (but detail investigation shows no coral), while the latter explains the phenomenon with the prismatic weathering and desertification of the rocks, the formation of sand and limestone concretions, or lower Eocene bubbling reefs.[3]
Based on a
Pobiti Kamani occupies an area 8 km (5.0 mi) long and 3 km (1.9 mi) wide, running from north to south. There are seven groups of stone pillars. For example, "Dikilitash", the main group, includes over 350 stones. "Strashimirovo" features four rows of stones that are distinctive for their "bulging" middle segments.[4]
In September 2020, Reuters reported that an image of Pobiti Kamani, photoshopped red, circulated social media under false claims that it was an "original NASA photo of Mars".[5]
Gallery
References
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- ^ "The Petrified Forest (The Stone Forest)". Visit.Varna.bg. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ ISSN 0031-0182.
- ^ Dimitrov, Lyobomir. "Pobitite Kamani: Lower Eocene Bubbling Reefs" (PDF). varna-bg.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ "Fact check: NASA did not use photoshopped image of Bulgarian rock formation". Reuters. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
External links
- Pamouktchiev, Angel (1999). "A new point of view over the phenomenon "Pobitite kamani" ("Dikilitash") near Varna". Annuaire de l'Universite de Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski", Faculte de Geologie et Geographie (in Bulgarian with summary in French and English). 90 (1 - Geologie): 10–26. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - Spratt, Thomas Abel Brimage (1857). "On the Geology of Varna, and the Neighbouring parts of Bulgaria". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 13: 73-83. Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- Toula, Franz (1890). "Geologische Untersuchungen im östlichen Balkan und in den angrenzenden Gebieten". Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe (in German) (57). Wien: 366– 377. Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- Pobiti Kamani - Photo gallery
- The Stone Forest - photo: I.Generalov
- Prodanov, Bogdan; Keremedchiev, Stoyan; Dimitrov, Lyubomir; Andreeva, Nataliya (2019-08-24). "Seabed Morphology of the Varna Bay Coastal Zone, Bulgarian Black Sea". Proceedings of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. S2CID 202178264.