Šipka
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Moravskoslezský kraj
District (town):
Nový Jičín
Village:
Štramberk
Cadastre:
Štramberk
Map sheets:
25-21 Nový Jičín, 25-213 Nový Jičín
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
2389
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
The Šipka Cave is situated on the northern slope of the Kotouč Hill in Štramberk. The cave is famous by discovery of the jaw-bone of a Neanderthal men in 1880. The cave is result of carstification of the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Štramberk Limestone deposited within Mesozoic coral-reef complex. The locality is classified as National Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Flysch belt > Outer group of nappes > Silesian Unit
Stratigraphy:
Tithonian, Berriasian
Subject:
archeology, paleontology, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon:
karst cave, fossils fauna
Genesis:
sedimentary, aquatic (water activity)
Rock:
limestone, loam, slope waste
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
National nature monument
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 435 (Šipka)
Part of national geopark:
Podbeskydí
Conflicts of interests:
tourism
References
- KNIES J. (1929): Pravěké nálezy ve Štramberku. Štramberská záložna ve Štramberku, 104 str., J. Richtr, Příbor.
- WEISSMANNOVÁ H. a kol (2004): Ostravsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek X. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str. 218 - 219, Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavla Gürtlerová, 21.10.2008
Updated by:
Bubík Miroslav, 18.11.2008, Kukal Zdeněk, 08.09.2017, Maceček Lukáš, 12.03.2019, Maceček Lukáš, 08.12.2019, Bubík Miroslav, 25.03.2021
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2389 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2389.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-historical value, geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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