Bahía Inglesa Formation

The Bahía Inglesa Formation (alternatively misspelled "Bahia") is a littoral, sedimentary, and highly fossiliferous geological formation that outcrops across the nearby coastal zones of Caldera, Chile. The unit is part of the greater Caldera Basin and was deposited in deep-shallow water, littoral paleoenvironments. It holds an exquisite fossil record in several localities (such as Cerro Ballena or Los Dedos), mostly composed of marine mammals, as well as invertebrate taxa.^[1][2][3][4]

Bahía Inglesa Formation
Stratigraphic range: Miocene–Pleistocene
Bahía Inglesa Formation exposures at Chorrillos beach, far from Bahia Inglesa
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Estratos de Caldera (Caldera Beds)
Overlies	Angostura Formation
Lithology
Primary	Conglomerate, coquina, sand, sandstone, siltstone, shale
Other	Clay, limestone
Location
Region	Atacama Region
Country	Chile
Extent	Caldera Basin
Type section
Named for	Bahía Inglesa

Gallery

Panoramic view of Salto del Gato locality with sediments of the Bahía Inglesa Formation

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See also

• Chile portal
• Paleontology portal
• Geology portal

• Coquimbo Formation
• Gaiman Formation
• Pisco Formation