Curio Bay: Jurassic petrified forest platform

ROCKHOUNDING PROHIBITED / VIEW ONLY DOCUMENTED

Where: New Zealand · Oceania · approx. -46.66, 169.1 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: a 170-million-year-old fossilised forest floor, whole silicified logs and stumps exposed on the tidal platform, among the finest Jurassic fossil forests anywhere

What turns up: eyes-only: silicified logs, tree stumps in growth position, hoiho (yellow-eyed penguins) at dusk

Access: Prohibited / view only.

Scientific reserve status, removing or damaging fossil wood is an offence and enforced, strictly eyes-only

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Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.

Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.