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Agadez, Zinder Region

Tenere petrified wood flats

Fossil site Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Petrified woodPetrified wood
FossilsFossils
Flint and stone toolsFlint and stone tools

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Jon Sullivan (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), James St. John (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Deflation surfaces east of the Air strewn with silicified logs and Neolithic tools

Documented by desert expeditions for a century.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

extreme desert, historic kidnap risk

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