General Characteristics

County (administration): Liberec Region
District (town): Česká Lípa
Cadastre: Svébořice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0331, 03312
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Jizera Cretaceous & Cretaceous of the lower section of Labe River, Ploučnice, Kamenice and the Děčínský Sněžník Mt.
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 1654

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. Small inselberg with some features of a table mountain. It consists of Middle Turonian quadersandstones. Relief features formed by selective weathering are well developed. Some relief features are man made. This rock serves as an observation point.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: geomorphology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: rock schelter, cliff, honeycombs
Genesis: sedimentary, weathering
Rock: sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Ralsko
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Mackovčin P., Sedláček M. a Kuncová J. (2002): Chráněná území ČR - Liberecko, Svazek III. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha.; Rubáš Dominik, 2012: Krásy neživé přírody v Podještědí, Tiskové centrum ČGS, Praha, 82 s.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Lorencová Markéta, 23.11.07
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 23.07.09, Vajskebrová Markéta 27.09.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1654 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1654.

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