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Sakha Republic
Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island yedoma cliffs
Fossil site, tidal Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
FossilsAlso reported: woolly rhino, horse, bison.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Late Pleistocene
Vertebrate fossils aged about 114,000 to under 8,000 years occur in the island's frozen sediments, and National Geographic describes tusk hunters working its coast.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Arctic seaPolar bears, extreme remoteness
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