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There are three main sites in the Dominican Republic where amber is found: La Cordillera Septentrional, in the north, and Bayaguana and Sabana de la Mar, in the east.In the northern area, the amber-bearing unit is formed of clastic rocks, washed down with sandstone fragments and other sediments that accumulated in a deltaic environment, even in water of some depth.
This museum is considered the first Museum of Amber of the Dominican Republic and at the same time, is a great historic monument of the city. La Zona Colonial (Casas Victorianas): From 1857, it was initiated in Puerto Plata. The Victorian style originating from England, call thus, in honor of the Queen Victoria, manager of that epoch.
The Dominican Republic–Haiti border is an international border between the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti on the island of Hispaniola. Extending from the Caribbean Sea in the south to the Atlantic Ocean in the north, the 391 kilometres (243 mi) border was agreed upon in the 1929 Dominican–Haitian border treaty .
English: Location map Dominican Republic with Provinces, Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 105 %. Geographic limits of the map: Geographic limits of the map: N: 20.3° N
The La Toca Formation is a geologic formation in the northern and eastern part of the Dominican Republic.The formation, predominantly an alternating sequence of marls and turbiditic sandstones, breccias and conglomerates, is renowned for the preservation of insects and other arthropods in amber, known as Dominican amber.
Tate leaves the marsh and Barkley Cove to attend college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he works in biology and protozoology labs under the guidance of professors.
Another coastal strip referred to as “amber coast” is the Costa de Ambar (also known as “Costambar”) in the west of Puerto Plata (Hispaniola, Dominican Republic). In this area there are a number of small shaft mines, from which is excavated the so-called "Dominican amber". [8]