List of National Geological Monuments of India

The National Geological Monuments of India (in English as National Geo Heritage Sites of India known in Hindi भारतीय राष्ट्रीय भौगोलिक स्मारक ) are important geological deposits of national importance by the government authority of the Geological Survey of India recognized as needing protection and entertainment in need and at the same to increase tourism were classified as worthy of support.

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Until 9 March 2016 26 sites were overall as national geological monument (English: National Geological Monument of India ) announced. The GSI or the respective federal states are responsible for their protection.

Geological Heritage Sites

Laterite profile on gneiss at Trivandrum, Kerala

The listing of the individual sites follows the arrangement chosen by the GSI with a total of 32 Geological Heritage Sites .

• Andhra Pradesh :
  • Volcanogenic stratiform barite deposit of Mangampeta in the Kadapa District - Site 1
  • Eparchaic discordance . Open to slopes, valley and street cuts in the ghats of Tirupati-Tirumala in the Chittoor district - site 2
  • Tirumala Arch in the Tirumala Hills (Chittoor District) - Site 3
  • Erra Matti Dibbalu . Cut and stabilized mounds of red coastal sediments between Vishakhapatnam and Bheemunipatnam - site 4
• Kerala :
  • Angadipuram laterite near Angadipuram , Malappuram District - Site 5
  • Varkala coastal profile at Varkala in the Thiruvananthapuram district - site 6
• Tamil Nadu :
  • Tiruvakkarai Fossil Wood National Park near Tiruvakkarai Village in Viluppuram District - Site 7
  • Sathanur Fossil Wood National Park near Sathanur in the Perambalur district - site 8
  • St. Thomas Charnockit of St. Thomas Mount in Chennai - site 9
  • Fossil Park of the Karai Badlands Formation in the Badlands of the Karai Formation , with chalk fossils in profile Karai-Kulakkalnattam (Perambalur District) - Site 10
• Gujarat :
  • Flow structures at Kadana Dam in Panchmahal District - Site 11

The fortress Mehrangarh in the place 20

• Rajasthan :
  • Sendra Granite in Pali District - Site 12
  • Barr Conglomerate in Pali District - Site 13
  • Stromatolite fossil park in the phosphate deposit of Jharmarkotra Rock in the Udaipur district - Site 14
  • Gossan of the Rajpura-Dariba ore belt in the Udaipur district - site 15
  • Bhojunda Stromatholite Park in Chittorgarh District - Site 16
  • Akal Fossil Wood Park in Jaisalmer District - Site 17
  • Kishangarh-nepheline syenite in District Ajmer - Site 18
  • Jodhpur Tuff in Jodhpur District - Site 19
  • Jodhpur group with the contact of Malani Igneous Suite in Jodhpur District - Site 20
  • Great Boundary Fault at Satur in Bundi District - Site 21
• Maharashtra :
  • Lonar Lake in Buldhana District - Site 22
• Chhattisgarh :
  • Sub-Permian sea deposit at Manendragarh in the Surguja district - site 23
• Karnataka :
  • Column lava of St. Mary Island in Udupi district - site 24
  • Pillow lavas at Mardihalli in the Chitradurga district - site 25
  • Gneiss of the Lalbagh Peninsula in Bangalore - Site 26
  • Pyroclastics and pillow lavas from Kolar Gold Fields , Kolar Gold Fields in Kolar District - Site 27
• Himachal Pradesh :
  • Shivalik fossil park near Saketi in the Sirmaur district - site 28
• Odisha :
  • Pillow lavas in the iron ore belt of Nomira , Kendujhar District - Site 29
• Jharkhand :
  • Fossil plant layers of the Rajmahal formation , as insertions in the Trapp , Upper Gondwana sequence near Mandro in the Sahibganj district - site 30
• Nagaland :
  • Nagahill Ophiolite at Pungro - Site 31
• Sikkim :
  • Stromatolite-bearing dolomite limestone of the Buxa Formation at Mamley near Namchi in the South Sikkim district - site 32

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Geo-Heritage Sites, Minister oif Mines Press release, 09-March-2016
2. ↑ National geo-heritage of India , Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage , accessed on 10 June 2017 (PDF file).