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Messel pit

Natural · Inscribed: 1995

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Site Information

UNESCO ID: 720
Category: Natural
Country: Germany
Inscribed: 1995
Coordinates: 49.9175, 8.7567
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Selection Criteria

(viii)

Criteria: (viii)

Description

disused quarry near the village of Messel, paleontological site

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