Rotavské varhany
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Sokolov
Village:
Rotava
Cadastre:
Rotava
Map sheets:
11-12 Kraslice, 11-122 Krasice
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
1901
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
A hill formerly called Flössberg near Rotava with an abandoned quarry. The quarry exposes a relict of a Tertiary volcano with lava of nepheline basanite to olivine nephelinite with perfectly developed columnar jointing of an inverted-fan arrangement. The columns are 12 m tall and pass to porous, xenolith-rich lava in the west. A nature reserve.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Tertiary - scaterred relics of alkaline Volcanics
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
volcanology, botany, structural geology, geology
Geological phenomenon:
stony organ
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
basanite
Territorial protection
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, code 373 (Rotava)
Part of national geopark:
Egeria
Conflicts of interests:
others human activity, tourism
References
- Petr Rojík (2009): Rotavské varhany - vulkanologická studie. Příroda Kraslicka, 2, 23-48
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petr Rojík, 17.03.2006
Updated by:
Rapprich Vladislav, 05.10.2009, Rojík Petr, 03.06.2010
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1901 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1901.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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