Kněhyňská jeskyně
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Moravskoslezský kraj
District (town):
Frýdek-Místek
Village:
Čeladná
Cadastre:
Čeladná
Map sheets:
25-23 Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, 25-232 Trojanovice
Accessibility:
access without footpath
ID:
884
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Kněhyně Hill slope is built of thick-bedded sandstones of the Godula Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Silesian Unit). Slope movements opened a chaotic system of joints and thus formed one of the largest pseudokarst caves in Czech Republic (280 m long and 57.5 m deep).
Regional geologic unit:
Carpathians > Flysch belt > Outer group of nappes > Silesian Unit > Silesian Unit
Stratigraphy:
Lower Cretaceous
Subject:
structural geology, zoology, engineering geology
Geological phenomenon:
pseudocrast cave
Genesis:
gravitational
Rock:
sandstone, claystone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Beskydy
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 1346 (Kněhyňská jeskyně)
Conflicts of interests:
tourism
References
- Wagner, J. et al. (1990): Jeskyně Moravskoslezských Beskyd a okolí.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
František Šulgan, 22.11.1993
Updated by:
Bubík Miroslav, 23.10.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 884 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/884.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
Locality conditions:
no problems
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