Petrified Gardens - Saratoga County, NY, USA - U.S. National Natural Landmarks on Waymarking.com

Petrified Sea Gardens is a National Historic Landmark.

It preserves an area of fossils, called stromatolites in a Cambrian rock layer.

They were constructed by "blue-green algae" on a shallow sea floor that is now exposed. While they were growing, New York and the eastern US lay south of the equator.

Those stromatolites were the first described in North America and remain a valuable teaching aid for college and university classes nationwide.

Predominate Feature: Stromatolites Parking/Access Location: N 43° 05.531 W 073° 50.894 Ownership: Other Public Entity Terrain Rating: Admission Charged: no Landmark's Website: [Web Link]

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