Riversleigh World Heritage Area

Riversleigh World Heritage Area is Australia's most famous fossil location, recognised for the series of well preserved fossils deposited from the Late Oligocene to more recent geological periods.
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  • Type: Homestead
  • Description: fossil site in Australia
  • Also known as: Australian Fossil Mammal Site (Riversleigh)”, “Australian Fossil Mammal Site: Riversleigh”, “Riversleigh”, and “Riversleigh: Australian Fossil Mammal Site

Riversleigh World Heritage Area

Latitude
-19.03333° or 19° 2′ south
Longitude
138.73334° or 138° 44′ east
Elevation
144 metres (472 feet)
Open location code
5QGWXP8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
2062392
Wiki­data ID
Q635473
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Discover Riversleigh World Heritage Area from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Riversleigh World Heritage Area” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: Рыверслей і Наракорт
  • Catalan: Riversleigh
  • Chinese: 里弗斯利
  • Croatian: Riversleigh
  • Czech: Riversleigh
  • Danish: Riversleigh
  • Dutch: Riversleigh
  • French: Riversleigh
  • Georgian: რივერსლეი
  • German: Australian Fossil Mammal Site: Riversleigh
  • German: Riversleigh: Australian Fossil Mammal Site
  • German: Riversleigh
  • Hebrew: ריברסליי
  • Hungarian: Riversleigh
  • Indonesian: Riversleigh
  • Italian: Riversleigh
  • Japanese: リバースレイ
  • Lithuanian: Riverslėjus
  • Malayalam: റിവേഴ്സ്ലീ
  • Maltese: Riversleigh
  • Mongolian: Риверслэй
  • Nepali: रिभर्सलिघ
  • Persian: ریورزلی
  • Polish: Australian Fossil Mammal Site: Riversleigh
  • Polish: Riversleigh Fossil Mammal Site
  • Polish: Riversleigh: Australian Fossil Mammal Site
  • Polish: Riversleigh
  • Portuguese: Riversleigh
  • Russian: Риверслей
  • Serbo-Croatian: Riversleigh
  • Spanish: Riversleigh
  • Turkish: Riversleigh
  • Ukrainian: Ріверслей
  • Vietnamese: Riversleigh

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