General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Nový Jičín
Cadastre: Štramberk
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2521, 25213
Geological region: Subsilesian & Silesian units
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2389

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Šipka Cave is situated on the northern slope of the Kotouč Hill in Štramberk. The cave is famous by discovery of the jaw-bone of a Neanderthal men in 1880. The cave is result of carstification of the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Štramberk Limestone deposited within Mesozoic coral-reef complex. The locality is classified as National Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Outer (Menilit-Krosněny) group of nappes
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - jura - svrchní jura - malm - tithon, mezozoikum - křída - spodní křída - berrias
Subject: archeology, paleontology, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon: karst cave, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary, aquatic (water activity)
Rock: limestone, loam, slope waste

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National 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: Podbeskydí
Conflicts of interests: tourism

References

KNIES J. (1929): Pravěké nálezy ve Štramberku. Štramberská záložna ve Štramberku, 104 str., J. Richtr, Příbor. 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. 218 - 219, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 21.10.08
Updated by: Bubík Miroslav 18.11.08, Kukal Zdeněk 08.09.17, Maceček Lukáš 12.03.19, Maceček Lukáš 08.12.19, Bubík Miroslav 25.03.21

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2389 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2389.

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