Shilin Stone Forest Landscape District

The Stone Forest or Shilin is a notable set of limestone formations about 500 km2 in area located in , province of .
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  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: Formation of sharp limestone pillars created by calcium carbonate dissolution
  • Also known as: “Shilin Karst” and “Stone Forest”
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Shilin Stone Forest Landscape District

Latitude
24.8163° or 24° 48′ 59″ north
Longitude
103.3225° or 103° 19′ 21″ east
Open location code
7PP5R88F+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 732651541
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q2735583
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Shilin Stone Forest Landscape District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غابة الأحجار”
  • Arabic: “غابة شيلين”
  • Armenian: “Քարե անտառ”
  • Asturian: “Karst de Shilin”
  • Bengali: “পাথরের বন”
  • Burmese: “ကျောက်တုံးဥယျာဉ်”
  • Catalan: “Bosc de pedra de Shilin”
  • Chinese: “Shílín fēngjǐng qū”
  • Chinese: “云南昆明石林管理局”
  • Chinese: “云南石林”
  • Chinese: “云南石林风景区”
  • Chinese: “石林世界地质公园”
  • Chinese: “石林国家地质公园”
  • Chinese: “石林岩溶峰林国家地质公园”
  • Chinese: “石林风景区”
  • Chinese: “石林风景名胜区”
  • Chinese: “路南石林”
  • Chinese: “路南石林风景名胜区”
  • Chinese: “雲南石林”
  • Czech: “Shilin”
  • Dutch: “Stone Forest”
  • French: “Forêt de pierres de Shilin”
  • French: “Forêt de Pierres de Shilin”
  • French: “Karst de Shilin”
  • Galician: “Karst de Shilin”
  • Georgian: “ქვის ტყე”
  • German: “Shilin Steınwald”
  • German: “Steinwald von Shilin”
  • Hausa: “Stone Forest”
  • Hungarian: “Kőerdő”
  • Hungarian: “Silin kőerdő”
  • Italian: “Foresta di pietra”
  • Japanese: “石林”
  • Japanese: “石森”
  • Korean: “윈난스린”
  • Persian: “جنگل سنگی”
  • Polish: “Kamienny Las”
  • Pushto: “تيږو ځنګل”
  • Romanian: “Pădurea de piatră”
  • Slovak: “Kamenný les Shilin”
  • Slovenian: “Kamniti gozd”
  • Spanish: “Bosque de Piedra de Shilin”
  • Spanish: “Karst de Shilin”
  • Swedish: “Shilin karst”
  • Swedish: “Shilin”
  • Turkish: “Taş Ormanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Шилінь”
  • Vietnamese: “Thạch Lâm”

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