Ipolytarnóc

Ipolytarnóc Ipeľský Trnovec (in Slovak)
Village
Ancient Pine Museum in Ipolytarnóc
Coat of arms
Ipolytarnóc Location of Ipolytarnóc
Coordinates: 48°14′11″N 19°37′35″E / 48.23650°N 19.62635°E / 48.23650; 19.62635
Country	Hungary
County	Nógrád
Area
• Total	13.66 km2 (5.27 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	571
• Density	41.80/km2 (108.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	3138
Area code	32

Ipolytarnóc (Slovak: Ipeľský Trnovec) is a village in Hungary, Nógrád county. There is a fossil site close to it, the Ipolytarnoc Fossils Nature Conservation Area.

Fossils

Sometimes referred to as the "Prehistoric Pompeii", Ipolytarnóc is the location of 23 to 17 million year old fossils. These include the teeth of 24 species of sharks as well as the teeth of crocodiles and dolphins, an almost 100 m tall petrified pine, more than 15,000 subtropical exotic leaves and 3,000 animal footprints of 11 species. This is one of the world's richest complex fossil footprint find sites. The fossils were preserved due to a volcanic catastrophe which buried a whole subtropical jungle under volcanic ash.

The site became protected in 1944 and is managed by the Directorate of the Bükk National Park. The site became the main gateway to the world's second transborder geopark, the Novohrad – Nógrád Geopark, in 2010. The site provides several day-long programmes, including guided tours along its geological study trail and 4D movies about the prehistoric past in its Visitor Centre. The geological trail was opened to the public in 1986.

External links

• http://osmaradvanyok.hu
• Ipolytarnóc on Vendégváró (Hungary starts here)
• Street map (in Hungarian)

This page was last edited on 11 December 2022, at 21:59