BAYANZAG (FLAMMING CLIFFS)

**Location: **Umnugobi province, southern Mongolia

The name Bayanzag, meaning “rich in saxaul,” comes from the saxaul plants that once grew widely across this area. In 1922, American explorer and paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews and his team uncovered dinosaur eggs and fossils here, a discovery that brought international attention to the site. As the sun lowers in the evening sky, the clay cliffs seem to burn in deep shades of red and orange, a sight that inspired American explorer and paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews to name the area the Flaming Cliffs.