General Characteristics

County (administration): Zlín Region
District (town): Vsetín
Cadastre: Malá Bystřice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2523, 25233
Geological region: Fore-Magura, Rača (E from the Napajedla gateway), Bystrica & Bílé Karpaty units
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 722

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The rock tower and rock wall called “Svantovítova skála” is composed of massive flysch sandstones (Rusava Member of the Zlín Formation, Rača Unit of the Magura Group of Nappes). Geomorphologically distinct rock form and landscape dominant. The locality is clasified as Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Magurian group of nappes
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - paleogén - eocén
Subject: geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: rockwall, rock pillar
Genesis: frost weathering, sedimentary
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 Locality)
Conflicts of interests: sports

References

Hasalová, E. (1992): Skalní tvary Vsetínských vrchů. - Diplomová práce MS PřF UP Olomouc.;Pesl, V. et al. (1990): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1 : 25 000, list 25-233 Valašská Bystřice. - MS ČGÚ Praha. Bubík, M. et al. (2007): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000, 25-233 Valašská Bystřice. - MS Česká geologická služba, 75 s. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Kirchner Karel, 28.11.93
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 22.02.12, Bubík Miroslav 27.02.12, Krejčí Oldřich 19.10.12, Kukal Zdeněk 27.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 722 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/722.

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