Ermenonville Forest

Monument to the victims of the 3 March 1974 crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 981

The Ermenonville Forest (French: [Forêt d'Ermenonville] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a forest in Oise, France where a Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed into the forest and in the commune of Fontaine-Chaalis with no survivors among 346 people on board. There is a memorial in the forest to the victims of that flight.

Ermenonville Forest Media

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  Haute-Chaume road near Carrefour crossroads, showing the area's sandy substrate and typical vegetation; Ermenonville Forest, Oise, France

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  Ermenonville (France) - Carte de Cassini, vers 1780

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  Danmartin Grove crossroads, in the middle of the forest

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  Plot 163 after a clear-cut

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  Scots pine and ferns are ubiquitous in the central part of the forest (here, the GR 1 near the Sycomore crossroads).

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  Scots pine high forest at the west edge of the national forest.

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  The forest has low topographical relief but is dotted with small hills in several areas. Its sandy substrate and its vegetation contribute to a Mediterranean ambience.

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  In the Bois de Perthe, deciduous trees are much more common than in the main forest unit. Here, an oak forest to the east of the wood, near Montagny-Sainte-Félicité.

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  The Bois de Perthe has much greater topographical relief than that of the rest of the forest; here, the Regard route between the Perthe post and the Desert.