Peklo u Nového Města nad Metují
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Náchod
Village:
Sendraž, Česká Čermná, Náchod, Nové Město nad Metují, Přibyslav, Jestřebí
Cadastre:
Česká Čermná, Přibyslav nad Metují, Jestřebí nad Metují, Lipí u Náchoda, Jizbice u Náchoda, Sendraž, Vrchoviny
Map sheets:
14-11 Nové Město nad Metují,04-33 Náchod, 04-334 Náchod,14-111 Nové Město na Moravě,14-112 Nový Hrádek
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
1567
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Nature reserve, geomorphologically interesting. Deeply cut valley affected by construction of road and building of bordere fortificatzions before the Second Great War. Tourist attraction.Series of outcrops in a Metuje River channel. Type locality of the Nové Město phyllite. Petrologically they consist of chloritic phyllites strongly foliated and crenulated.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Lugicum > Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex;
Bohemian Massif > Lugicum > Magmatites of Lugicum
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic, Devonian - Permian
Subject:
geomorphology, botany, geology
Geological phenomenon:
tor, scree field, frost cliff, block field, river channel
Genesis:
aquatic (water activity), weathering
Rock:
phyllite, granodiorite, gravel-sand
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature reserve
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 1895 (Peklo)
Conflicts of interests:
tourism, water resources
References
- Faltysová H., Mackovčin P., Sedláček M a kol.(2002): Královéhradecko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek V. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha str.169-171
- Opletal et al./1980/: Geologie Orlických hor. ÚÚG Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavla Gürtlerová, 22.06.2007
Updated by:
Pecina Vratislav, 02.06.2011, Gürtlerová Pavla, 19.08.2011, Gürtlerová Pavla, 11.11.2011
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1567 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1567.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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