REVIEWED LOCATION

Cape Kamenjak — Dinosaur Footprints / Protected Viewing Rockhounding Status & Field Guide

Cape Kamenjak preserves roughly one hundred dinosaur footprints around Pinižule/Fenoliga. It is included as a protected paleontological reference point, not a fossil-collecting locality.

Protected / viewing statusVery high evidenceviewpoint map precisionCurrent review cycle freshness
Important: Do not chip, cast, damage or remove footprint-bearing limestone.

What is here

Cretaceous dinosaur trace-fossil footprints in coastal limestone

Materials / interest: Dinosaur Trace Fossils, Fossils, Limestone

Collecting and access

Protected viewing only. Dinosaur footprints and their host rock must not be damaged or removed.

Use established Kamenjak visitor routes; the public pin is a safe Pinižule-area reference rather than a sensitive excavation point.

Detailed status
prohibited
Permission
Not flagged
Permit
Not flagged
Fee
Not flagged
Guide
Not flagged
Booking
Not flagged
Surface collecting
no
Hammering
no
Digging
no

Safety

Exposed rocky coast, summer heat, waves and slippery limestone.

Review status

Access reviewed: 2026-09-13 · Sources reviewed: 2026-09-13 · Next scheduled review: 2027-09-13.

Recheck access, closures, permissions and current source instructions before field travel.

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