Sfingy
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Chomutov
Village:
Měděnec
Cadastre:
Kamenné
Map sheets:
01-44 Vejprty, 01-443 Kovářská
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
326
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Bizarre rock resembling sfinx. It consists of coarse-grained porphyritic orthogneiss (belonging to a group of red gneisses after Saxonian geologists). Such gneisses occur often in cores of anticlinal structures. Geomorphologically and petrologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
geomorphology, petrology, geology
Geological phenomenon:
frost cliff, characteristic rock
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
orthogneiss
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 825 (Sfingy)
Conflicts of interests:
vegetation
References
- Mlčoch B. a kolektiv autorů, 1994: Geologicky významné lokality v severočeské pánvi a jejím okolí, chráněné nebo navrhované k ochraně.- Český geologický ústav Praha
- Astor, E. (1992): Erzgebirge. Meyers Naturführer. Meyers Lexikonverlag. Mannheim - Leipzig - Wien - Zürich. 166 str.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavel Schovánek, 11.11.1994
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 24.11.2004, Mlčoch Bedřich, 08.10.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 326 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/326.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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