Hejda
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Náchod
Village:
Teplice nad Metují
Cadastre:
Lachov
Map sheets:
04-31 Meziměstí, 04-314 Teplice na Moravě
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
1879
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
A hill in the Police Basin NNW of Ostaš Hill, formed by sandstones of Upper Turonian to Coniacian age. The network of joints dissects the hill into a system of ridges and pillars separated by dry gorges, with many examples of surface and subsurface pseudokarst landforms.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin - Hejšovina development
Stratigraphy:
Turonian
Subject:
geomorphology, geology, structural geology, botany
Geological phenomenon:
rock bag, rock chimney, rock schelter, cliff, pseudocrast cave
Genesis:
sedimentary, organogenic (activity of organisms)
Rock:
sandstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Broumovsko
Part of national geopark:
Broumovsko
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Vítek J. (1986): Geomorfologie navrhovaná chráněné krajinné oblasti Broumovsko. - MS. str.68 + 35 příloh. Archiv CHKO Broumovsko. Police nad Metují.
- Archiv Správy CHKO Broumovsko - evidované lokality
- Čech, S., Gawlikowska, E. (1999): Góry Stolowe, Adršpašsko-teplické skály. Geologická mapa pro turisty. 1:50 000.- Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny-Český geologický ústav. Warszawa-Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Věra Plná, 27.01.2004
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 17.11.2009, Čech Stanislav, 21.11.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1879 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1879.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
no problems
You can send information about a change in the status of the site to lokality@geology.cz
