Petrified Forest
The Petrified forest, located 42 kilometres west of the Namibian town of Khorixas, on the C39 road, is a deposit of large tree trunks that have "turned to stone" through a process of diagenesis.
- Tourist attraction
- …is also known as “Petrified forest, Khorixas”
- Description: Nambian national forest
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Latitude
-20.43824° or 20° 26′ 18″ south
Longitude
14.60457° or 14° 36′ 17″ east
Open location code
5FFPHJ63+PR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Petrified Forest” goes by many names.
Versteende woud, KhorixasAfrikaans
Dentuɗe, KhorixasFulah
Foresta pietrificata di KhorixasItalian
Okameneli gozdSlovenian
Okameneli gozd, KhorixasSlovenian
Taşlaşmış ormanTurkish
Taşlaşmış orman, KhorixasTurkish
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