Erra Matti Dibbalu, also called as Red Sand Hills, a notified
National Geo-heritage Monument,
[Geo-Heritage Sites, Minister of Mines Press release, 09-March-2016]
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, INTACH is situated at the outskirts of Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam (; List of renamed places in India, formerly known as Vizagapatam, and also referred to as Vizag, Visakha, and Waltair) is the largest and most populous metropolitan city in the States and union territories of India, Indian stat ...
City. It is located very near to the Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. Geographically it is positioned between the Indian subcontinent and the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese peninsula, located below the Bengal region.
Many South Asian and Southe ...
and is one of Visakhapatnam's many heritage sites.
About
These Erra Matti Dibbalu are nature's assets to Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam (; List of renamed places in India, formerly known as Vizagapatam, and also referred to as Vizag, Visakha, and Waltair) is the largest and most populous metropolitan city in the States and union territories of India, Indian stat ...
. The Geological Survey of India is helping to make these sites attain geo-heritage site status.
References
Tourist attractions in Visakhapatnam
Geography of Visakhapatnam
Uttarandhra
National Geological Monuments in India
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