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Oil shale landscape
Messel Pit Fossil Site2010
UNESCO World Heritage
In the middle of the 19th century this area was discovered and identified as an oil shale area and was exploited for petrol production up to 1971.
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Details
- Title: Oil shale landscape
- Creator: Messel Pit Fossil Site
- Date Created: 2010
- Location Created: Germany
- Rights: Inge Hoffmann
- Location: Germany
- Inscription Criteria: Criteria: (viii)
- Date of Inscription: 2010
- Category of Site: Natural site
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