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Messel Pit Fossil Site

Messel · Germany

UNESCO natural World Heritage, inscribed in 1995.

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Reference locality
Messel
Country / geographic scope
Germany
Place type
Nature
Point coordinates
49.91800, 8.75700
TRIPGUROO territory
Germany

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UNESCO World Heritage

Messel Pit Fossil Site

Natural · Inscription: 1995

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UNESCO DataHub · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Names and points adapted to the catalog. TRIPGUROO is not affiliated with UNESCO.

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