Latitude and longitude of Flaming Cliffs
- In Mongolia
Satellite map of Flaming Cliffs
The Flaming Cliffs site, also known as Bayanzag (Mongolian: Баянзаг) or sometimes Bain-Dzak, rich in saxaul or Mongolian: Улаан Эрэг red cliffs), is a region of the Gobi Desert in the Ömnögovi Province of Mongolia, in which important fossil finds have been made. It was given this name by American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews, who visited in the 1920s. The area is most famous for yielding the first discovery of dinosaur eggs. Other finds in the area include specimens of Velociraptor and eutherian mammals. It is illegal here to remove fossils without appropriate permits.
Latitude: 44° 08' 11.19" N
Longitude: 103° 43' 24.00" E