Velký Blaník
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Benešov
Village:
Louňovice pod Blaníkem
Cadastre:
Louňovice pod Blaníkem
Map sheets:
23-11 Vlašim, 23-112 Vlašim
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
509
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Summit area of a hill with natural outcrops and talus. Rocks consist of granitized two-mica orthogneisses up to metagranites. They represent old intrusives in paragneisses and migmatites of the Monotonous Group of the Bohemian Moldanubicum.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moldanubicum > Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
geomorphology, petrology, botany
Geological phenomenon:
frost cliff, rock, outcrop, block field
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism), magmatic, glacigenic (glacier activity)
Rock:
orthogneiss, pegmatite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Blaník
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 1657 (Velký Blaník)
Part of national geopark:
Kraj blanických rytířů
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Čech V./1940/: Geologické poměry okolí Blaníku na Vlašimsku.-Věst.SGÚ 15,132-142.Praha.
- Pešout P. (2001): Čertovo kopyto na Blaníku. Pod Blaníkem.
- Bárta Z. (1996): Jezevčí díry na úpatí Velkého Blaníku. Několik poznámek k těžbě rud na Podblanicku. Sb. vlastivěd. prací na Podblanicku, 36, 253-256.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petr Štěpánek, 14.11.1994
Updated by:
Štěpánek Petr, 15.09.2010, Štědrá Veronika, 20.05.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 509 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/509.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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