General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Ostrava-město
Cadastre: Kunčice nad Ostravicí
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1543, 15434
Geological region: Quaternary - region of continental glaciation, Žitava & Vidnava basins; Osoblaha Cretaceous
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 2363

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Quaternary, areas of continental glaciation. Largest erratic boulder in the Czech Republic. This, so called the Kunčice erratic boulder, was found 680 cm below ground. Its size is 320 x 220 x 155 cm. It consists of coarse grained porphyric granite and has been transported from the Scandinavian Shield, either from Sweden or from Finland. Potassium feldspar phenocrysts are as large as 1 - 2 cm. The locality is clasified as Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: geomorphology, petrology, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon: moraine
Genesis: glacigenic (glacier activity), magmatic
Rock: granite

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 Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Weissmannová H. a kol (2004): Ostravsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek X. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str.287 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 01.03.10
Updated by: Malík Jan 19.08.11, Nývlt Daniel 03.11.11, Kukal Zdeněk 29.10.12, Kukal Zdeněk 29.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2363 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2363.

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