Obří hrnce ve Vydře
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Klatovy
Village:
Rejštejn
Cadastre:
Svojše
Map sheets:
22-33 Kašperské Hory, 22-334 Kvilda
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
2624
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Moldanubicum, metamorphic units. Šumava Mts. Nature monument. Outcrops along Vydra River canyon, also boulders in a river bed. Rocks consist oof stromatitic biotite migmatite which contains also sillimanite, cordierite and accessoric garnet. Magnetic susceptibility and radioactivity were measured and data are available. Large potholes occur on boulders and blocks in river bed.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Quaternary
Stratigraphy:
Quaternary
Subject:
geomorphology, geology
Geological phenomenon:
block field, outcrop, pothole, river channel
Genesis:
aquatic (water activity), gravitational, metamorphic (contact metamorphism)
Rock:
migmatite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument in National park
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Šumava
Part of national geopark:
Královská Šumava
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Žáček V. et al. (2005): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25 000, list 22-334 Kvilda, - MS, ČGS
- Babůrek J. a Žáček V. (2007): Exkurze č. 3 \"Západní Šumava\" in Breiter K. (ed.) Sborník abstraktů a exkurzní průvodce 3. sjezdu ČGspol, Volary 19. - 22.9.2007, ČGSpol, Praha.
- Kunský J. (1949): Obří hrnce na Vydře a Křemelné na Šumavě, Zvl. otisk SČSZ, 1949, 1, 1-7, Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vladimír Žáček, 17.01.2007
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 08.10.2010, Kukal Zdeněk, 20.11.2012, Vajskebrová Markéta, 12.08.2021
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2624 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2624.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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