Valle de la Luna

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desert landscape geological formation tourist attraction

Valle de la Luna is a strikingly eroded desert landscape in Argentina’s Ischigualasto Provincial Park, renowned for its otherworldly rock formations and rich Triassic dinosaur fossil beds.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Valle de la Luna canonical 2
Valle de la Luna (Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan) 1
Valley of the Moon 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf desert landscape ⓘ
geological formation ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
desert ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Triassic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAccessRule guided visits required in many sectors ⓘ
hasActivity geotourism ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
paleontological tourism ⓘ
hasColorCharacteristic grayish tones ⓘ
reddish tones ⓘ
hasErosionProcess water erosion ⓘ
wind erosion ⓘ
hasFossilType dinosaur fossils ⓘ
early mammal fossils ⓘ
plant fossils ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature canyons ⓘ
hoodoos ⓘ
mesas ⓘ
natural sculptures ⓘ
hasGeologicalFormation badlands ⓘ
mudstone formations ⓘ
sandstone formations ⓘ
hasScientificSignificance Triassic vertebrate evolution ⓘ
paleontological research ⓘ
stratigraphic record of the Triassic ⓘ
hasSoilType clay-rich soils ⓘ
hasVegetationCharacteristic sparse vegetation ⓘ
hasView panoramic desert vistas ⓘ
knownFor Triassic dinosaur fossil beds ⓘ
eroded desert landscape ⓘ
otherworldly rock formations ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Ischigualasto Provincial Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory San Juan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameMeaning Valley of the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyProtectedArea Talampaya National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Ischigualasto Provincial Park UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ix) ⓘ
(viii) ⓘ
(x) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2000 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus within a World Heritage Site ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ischigualasto Provincial Park → notableFossilSite → Valle de la Luna ⓘ
Ischigualasto Provincial Park → nickname → Valle de la Luna ⓘ
Ischigualasto Provincial Park → nicknameMeaning → Valle de la Luna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley of the Moon
Villa Unión → nearbyAttraction → Valle de la Luna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valle de la Luna (Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan)