General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Klatovy
Cadastre: Strašín u Sušice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2233, 22332
Geological region: Šumava Moldanubicum - district KT; Moldanubicum of the Český les Mts.; Domažlice crystalline complex; W-Bohemian Pluton; W-Bohemian basic magmatites
Accessibility: - special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
ID : 430

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Limestone cave in the rocks of Varied Group of the Šumava Mts. Moldanubian Zone. It is 32 m long, without speleolites but intensively modelled by a Quaternary corrosive activity. Unique karst feature.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, geomorphology, zoology
Geological phenomenon: karst, karst cave
Genesis: weathering , metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: marble, dolomite

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

Babůrek J. a kolektiv autorů, 2001: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 22332 Kašperské Hory.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Babůrek Jiří, 05.10.94
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 08.10.10, Vajskebrová Markéta 14.04.16

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 430 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/430.

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