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Central & East Europe, Saare
Panga cliff shore
Mustjala, Saaremaa, Estonia
Fossil site Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
FossilsAlso reported: favositid corals, stromatoporoids, brachiopod sections.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Saaremaa's highest coastal escarpment, ~20 m of Silurian dolostone and limestone, protected as a landscape conservation area since 1959
Documented Silurian fossil locality (corals, stromatoporoids, brachiopods in Saaremaa cliff shingle); this entry is the shore platform, not the cliff face
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Active rockfall under the overhanging cliff edge
slippery algal-coated platform
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.