Kuní hora (965 m n.m.)
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihočeský kraj
District (town):
České Budějovice
Village:
Horní Stropnice
Cadastre:
Staré Hutě u Horní Stropnice
Map sheets:
33-13 České Velenice, 33-133 Horní Stropnice
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
3256
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Moldanubian magmatites, Central Massif, Nové Hrady Mts. Kuní Hora summit ridge with outcrops of medium grained porphyric granite of the Weinsberg type. Rock forming minerals: quartz, plagioclase, potassium feldspar, biotite. Interesting mesorelief forms, different types of granite weathering, common exfoliation phenomena, including castle koppies, frost scarps and kryoplanation terraces.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moldanubicum > Magmatites in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy:
Devonian - Permian
Subject:
geomorphology, petrology, geology
Geological phenomenon:
block field, frost cliff, tor, castellated ridge, weather pit
Genesis:
frost weathering, magmatic, gravitational
Rock:
granite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
tourism
References
- Demek, J. (1964): Formy zvětrávání a odnosu granodioritu v Novohradských horách. Spisy Geografického ústavu Československé akademie věd (9), Brno, s. 6 – 15.
- Rypl, J., (2010): Distribution and protection of cryogenic relief mesoforms in the Novohradské hory Mountains, South Bohemia, Acta Geographica Silesiana 7, p. 61 – 67
- RYPL, J., KADUBEC, J. (2007): Mesoforms of the relief in the northern part of the Novohradské Hory Mts. Silva Gabreta, vol. 13 (3), Vimperk, p. 259 – 268
- SLABÝ, J. (1992): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSFR 1 : 25 000, list 33-133, Horní Stropnice, ČGÚ Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiří Rypl, 02.08.2010
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 08.10.2012, Kukal Zdeněk, 21.11.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3256 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3256.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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