LISTING AND DESCRIPTION OF GEOLOGICAL SITES
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SITE ID |
NAME OF THE SITE |
LOCATION |
GENERAL DESCRIPTION |
ACCESSIBILITY |
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1 |
BLUE LAKE |
BLUE LIKE MONUMENT OF NATURE |
This type of depression is a combination of a sinkhole and a collapsing
speleological object. The area is protected in the category of
geomorphological monument of nature |
drive,
easy, access
for people with disabilities |
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2 |
BOŠKOVA CAVE |
BLUE LAKE MONUMENT OF NATURE |
Boškova cave is an example of simple speleological
object-cave, devoid of hydrogeological function. Throughout history it has
been used as a shelter for people and animals |
easy,
walk |
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3 |
TOPANA-GOSPIN DOLAC |
BLUE LAKE, MONUMENT OF NATURE |
Medieval
fortress, the seat of the medieval parish of Imota. View of Gospin Dolac, one
of the most interesting European stadiums built in a dry sinkhole |
walk |
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4 |
RED LAKE |
RED LAKE, MONUMENT OF NATURE |
By chemical and physical erosion in the underground
the cavities have been formed that increase their volume over time. The
collapse of the ceiling creates karst phenomena such as the Red Lake |
drive,
easy, access
for people with disabilities |
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5 |
SUVAJA |
PROLOŽAC MUNIPALITY |
Quaternary
alluvial deposits, limestone-dolomite gravels and sands of the dry Suvaja
riverbed |
walk |
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6 |
ENTRANCE
INTO BADNJEVICE CANYON- VIEWPOINT |
PROLOŽAC MUNICIPALITY |
Canyon
through hard but distinctly tectonically fractured and karstified carbonate
rocks of Mesozoic age. Along with tectonic discontinuities in the rocks, the
rock avalanches are formed that reach the very bed of the river. This
material is then rounded off and carried downstream in the form of gravel |
walk |
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7 |
RIČICE, FAULT PLANE WITH STRIATIONS |
PROLOŽAC MUNICIPALITY |
Tectonic striations result from relative movement,
scouring and shearing of adjacent blocks of solid rock. Striations are found
within the massive conglomerates and testify about the last stage of
formation of the Dinarides |
drive |
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8 |
RIČICE, VANTAGE POINT |
PROLOŽAC MUNICIPALITY |
Promina conglomerates formed by deposition of
rounded fragments of various carbonate rocks during the uplift of the
Dinarides |
drive |
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9 |
FAULT PLANE (PARACLASE) DREŽANJ-SRIDNJE BRDO |
PROLOŽAC MUINIPALITY |
Spectacular example of sub-vertical paraclase with
striations |
access
for people with disabilities |
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10 |
BAUXITE DEPOSIT RIČINA |
PROLOŽAC MUNICIPALITY |
Bauxite deposits formed during the terrestrial phase
– emersion. Deposits are preserved as a result of restoration of carbonate
sedimentation |
drive |
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11 |
GALIPOVAC, VANTAGE POINT |
SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE PROLOŠKO BLATO |
Steep limestone cliffs with bedding planes of
various dip and strike, and fault
discontinuities. Limestones at the vantage point can be classified as
skeletal wackestones to peloid-skeletal grainstones. Limestones belong to
shallow-water sedimentary environment of the former Adriatic carbonate
platform |
access
for people with disabilities |
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12 |
MAMIĆA LAKE |
SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE PROLOŠKO BLATO |
Lake about 50 meters deep, surrounded by steep
limestones with folded and faulted structures |
walk |
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13 |
KNEZOVIĆA LAKE |
SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE PROLOŠKO BLATO |
Lake 40 meters deep. Named after the surname of
Knezović from Lokvičići village |
walk |
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14 |
PROLOŠKO BLATO |
SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE PROLOŠKO BLATO |
Paleo-lake inside of which the recent lake was
formed – the Prološko Lake. Holocene lacustrine sediments overlie older
Quaternary alluvial and lake sediments originated in the drainage basin of
the Ričina River. |
access
for people with disabilities |
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15 |
ELEVATION, MONASTERY |
SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE PROLOŠKO BLATO |
During the periods of high waters the monastery is
situated on islet in the Prološko Blato. Elevation
is the residue of a barrier that separated the three sinkholes. On the barrier
can be found relics of the Franciscan monastery from the 17th century.
They are an extremely valuable part of the cultural heritage of Imotski. |
walk |
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16 |
BUČUŠA |
SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE PROLOŠKO BLATO |
The youngest lake of the Imotska Krajina region,
formed about ten years ago. A good example of origin of other lakes |
walk,
drive |
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17 |
DVA OKA (TWO EYES) |
SPECIAL RESERVE VRLJIKA |
Two springs of the Vrljika River, round in shape. From a bird's eye view, they resemble two eyes |
access
for people with disabilities |
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18 |
OPAČAC |
SPECIAL RESERVE VRLJIKA |
The highest yielding spring of the Vrljika River.
The area is a special reserve due to the endemic soft-mouth trout |
access
for people with disabilities |
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19 |
KRČEVAC SPRING |
PODBABLJE MUNICIPALITY |
Karst spring, NATURA 2000 area, site of human fish
(olm) |
drive |
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20 |
ZOVNJAČA CAVE |
PODBABLJE MUNICIPALITY |
Speleological object – cave with vertical shaft. The
channel length is about 150 m, devoid of hydrogeological function. Rich with
cave decorations and fauna |
walk |
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21 |
OTOK (ISLAND) |
RUNOVIĆI MUNICIPALITY |
The elevation in the middle of the field built of older river sediments, less exposed to the erosive work of the Vrljika River. The island is not flooded even in periods of high waters turning the field into a lake. |
drive,
walk |
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22 |
RUNOVIĆI VIEWPOINT |
RUNOVIĆI MUNICIPALITY |
View
of Imotsko Polje (Imotski Field and Bekija. Below the viewpoint there is a
line of swallow holes draining the field. |
drive |
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KIMMERIDGIAN
EMERSION |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Emersion breccia conglomerates, ancient karstification in limestones and earliest emersion in the Kimmeridgian, NATURA 2000 Ecological Network. |
drive, easy |
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24 |
PATCH REEF |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Smaller reefs formed in the environment of rough seas with strong
currents and hit by ocean waves, NATURA 2000 Ecological Network |
drive, easy |
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25 |
LAYER OF
CRETACEOUS LIMESTONE |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Educational panels explaining the process of transformation of the
sediment of the previous sea into recent limestone on Biokovo, NATURA 2000
Ecological Network. |
drive, walk, moderate |
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26 |
KOTIŠINA DEPOSITS |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Named after the village of Kotišina near Makarska, they were deposited
towards the end of the Cretaceous geological period between about 70 million
years and 66 million years ago. They |
hike, moderate |
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27 |
ST GEORGE PEAK
(1762 m) WITH NETTED KARST |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
The highest peak of the Biokovo Mt and densely distributed sinkholes
are reminiscent of the lunar surface, the NATURA 2000 Ecological Network. |
drive, hiking, moderate,
access for people with disabilities (peak) |
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28 |
LIMESTONE CLIFF
WITH SKYWALK VIEWPOINT |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Horseshoe-shaped glass viewpoint on the ridge at a height of 1228 m,
NATURA 2000 Ecological network . |
drive, easy, access for
people with disabilities |
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29 |
BABA CAVE |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Paleontological fossil site the Upper Pleistocene, NATURA 2000 Ecological Network.
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hiking, visiting allowed only
for scientific purposes |
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30 |
STUDENCI VALLEY
WITH GLACIAL DEPOSITS |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Glacial deposits confirming the Pleistocene glaciation on the Biokovo
Mt, NATURA 2000Ecological Network |
hiking, moderate |
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31 |
CRNA LEDENICA PIT |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Located in
the zone of the deep Biokovo karst developed in bedded limestones of
Cretaceous age. In the past it was exploited for extraction of ice,
Ecological Network NATURA 2000 |
hiking, visiting allowed only
for scientific purposes |
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32 |
NJEMICA PIT |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
The deepest cave in the Biokovo – Imotski Lakes Geopark (–863 m) and
the 5th deepest cave in Croatia, NATURA 2000 Ecological Network |
hiking, visiting allowed only
for scientific purposes |
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33 |
VOŠAC - PEAK AND RIDGE |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
The starting point of the most visited hiking and tourist trail
Makar-Vošac. The peak and the ridge were formed in the Upper Jurassic
clypeina limestones, NATURA 2000 Ecological Network. |
two possibilities of arrival- hiking, heavy or driving,
hiking, moderate |
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34 |
NEVISTINA STINA
(THE BRIDE'S ROCK) |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
A region of
picturesque monolithic rocks in the north-western part of Biokovo, formed in
weakly bedded limestones and flysch (sandstones and limestones alternating with
marls). Limestones were deposited during the Upper Cretaceous that lasted
approximately from 100 to 65 million years ago. They are predominantly
massive and light grey in colour with smaller dolomite intercalations. The
rocks are located at about 500 m above sea level. Due to tectonic movements
and erosion over millions of years, the landforms resembling the wedding
guests have been formed, NATURA 2000 Ecological Network |
hiking, moderate |
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35 |
CAVERNS IN SV.
ILIJA-BIOKOVO TUNNEL |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Caverns in
the tunnel with the largest overlying rock mass in Croatia with strong
hydrological activity and exceptional microclimatic factors, numerous cave
organisms, members of the realm of bacteria, protists, fungi and cave fauna,
including some species new to the Biokovo Mt and some new to science, NATURA
2000 Ecological Network |
visiting allowed only for
scientific purposes |
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36 |
ZA SUPINOM PIT |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
A crank shape speleological object with several horizons, formed by
strong tectonic movements, but also by the corrosive-abrasive action of the
sipping water in the paraclase of the NW-SE fault, NATURA 2000 Ecological
network |
hiking, visiting allowed only
for scientific purposes |
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37 |
DUBCI |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Quaternary fossiliferous bone breccia site of the Lower Pleistocene,
NATURA Ecological Network 2000 |
drive, easy |
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38 |
DRINOVA II CAVE |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Paleontological site with the Upper Pleistocene fossils, NATURA 2000
Ecological Network |
hiking, visiting allowed only
for scientific purposes |
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39 |
RAZVALE |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Glacial deposits confirming the Pleistocene glaciation on the Biokovo
Mt, NATURA 2000 Ecological Network |
hiking, moderate |
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40 |
CRVENE STINE (RED
ROCKS) |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Red glacial
fluvial breccias with cavities formed by erosion of weakly bounded parts of
breccias, NATURA 2000 Ecological Network |
hike, moderate |
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41 |
DRUMLINS |
Bukovac, Biokovo
Nature Park |
Elongated glacial bodies built of plates of smaller dimensions that
indicate the existence of small valley glaciers, NATURA 2000 Ecological
Network |
hike, heavy |
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42 |
MIDDLE JURASSIC
OUTCROP SELLIPORELLA DONZELLII Sartoni and Crescenti |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Numerous algal remnants within algal fenestral biomicrites with
corrosion cavities, geopetal internal sediment and microcrystalline cement. |
drive, easy |
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43 |
POGANOVAC |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Jurassic-Cretaceous limestone olistoliths of hexameter
dimensions covered with younger, flysch deposits. |
drive, walk, moderate |
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44 |
MALI TROGLAV SOUTH
PART |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
The outcrop south of Mali
Troglav containing scarce undamaged specimens and abundant fragments of
dasycladaceae algae from the Upper Hauterivian |
drive, easy |
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45 |
MALI TROGLAV NORTH
PART |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
The outcrop of extremely
fossiliferous Upper Barremian algal limestones with more than 15 different
taxa, some of which identified for the first time in this area. |
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46 |
FORMER MINE ČULIJA |
Biokovo Nature
Park, Župa |
Former "mine" of oil shale from the time of Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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hike, moderate |
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47 |
FOOTPRINTS OF
DINOSAURS |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Footprints
of herbivorous dinosaurs in Cenomanian limestone. |
drive, easy |
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48 |
UPPER TITHONIAN
LIMESTONE WITH CAMPBELLIELLA STRIATA (CAROZZI) |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Continuous sequence of Upper
Jurassic strata during the Late Tithonian, in the well bedded limestone with
shallowing upward cycles, the dasycladaceae species Campbelliella striata (CAROZZI). |
drive, walk, easy |
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49 |
BARREMIAN-APTIAN
SUCCESSION |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
An alternation of micrites,
biomicrites, interpelsparites and biointrapelsparites predominate, deposited
in subtidal and lagoonary conditions, as well as in the transition between
shallow subtidal to intertidal environments. |
drive, walk, easy |
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50 |
KAOCI 1 |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Meter-sized fold slightly sloping flanks in Upper CretaceousRudist limestones. |
drive, moderate |
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51 |
KAOCI 2 |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Rudist limestones with
bioturbations and cavities formed in eroded bioturbations. |
drive, moderate |
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52 |
MUCIĆA LEDENICA
PIT |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Located in
the zone of the deep Biokovo karst developed in the bedded Cretaceous
limestones. In the past ice was extracted from it, Ecological Network NATURA
2000. |
hiking, visiting allowed only
for scientific purposes |
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53 |
KAMENICA |
Biokovo Nature
Park |
Depression formed by corrosion in Cretaceous limestone as a result of water retention found on the Educational Geological Trail. |
drive, hike, moderate |
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54 |
GVOZDENJAČA PIT |
Slivno |
Speleological object formed by strong tectonic movements. |
drive, walk, moderate |
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