Global InformationBosques Petrificados de Jaramillo National Park information
| Jaramillo Petrified Forest National Park | |
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| Petrified Forest Natural Monument | |
IUCN category II (national park) | |
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| Location | Deseado Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina |
| Coordinates | 47°27′S 68°00′W / 47.45°S 68.00°W |
| Area | 78543 hectares |
| Established | 2012 |
The Jaramillo Petrified Forest National Park is a protected area of petrified forest located in the Deseado Department, in the northeast of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Formerly part of the site was a natural monument, established in 1954 and known as the Petrified Forest Natural Monument, covering about 13,700 hectares (34,000 acres). This area has remnants of a forest preserved in stone, that had been growing on the site before the upthrust of the Andes some 150 million years ago.[1] In December 2012, further land was added and the protected area was reclassified as a national park with a total area of 78,543 hectares (194,080 acres).[2]
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IUCNwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Parc Nacional Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo" (in Spanish). Administración de Parques Nacionales. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.