List of geotopes in Amberg

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This list contains the geotopes of the Upper Palatinate city ​​of Amberg in Bavaria . The list contains the official names and numbers of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU) as well as their geographical location. This list may not be complete. Around 3,400 geotopes (as of March 2020) are recorded in the Bavarian geotope register. The LfU does not consider some geotopes suitable for publication on the Internet. For example, some objects are not safely accessible or may only be entered to a limited extent for other reasons.

Surname image Geotope ID Municipality / location Geological unit of space description Area m² / extension m geology Digestion type value Protection status comment
Knockfelsen in the Ammerbachtal NW of Lengenloh 361R001 Amberg
position 		Middle Franconian Alb In the Ammerbachtal, several Franconian dolomite cliffs protrude from the Cretaceous sediment cover as individual peaks exposed by erosion - so-called knocks. At the Kreuzfelsen and the Knockfelsen located to the north (on pastures) a thick banked, dome-shaped bedding can be clearly seen. These are the former reef domes that were modeled out by weathering. 500
25 × 20 		Type: Crag
Type: Dolomite stone 		Rock slope / cliff precious Natural monument, nature park

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data source: Bavarian State Office for the Environment, www.lfu.bayern.de, Geotoprecherche (accessed on September 16, 2017)