Layer joint cavity (Kugelstein)

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Layer joint cavity

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Location: Kugelstein near Frohnleiten , Styria / A
Height : 405  m above sea level A.
Geographic
location:
47 ° 13 '34.7 "  N , 15 ° 20' 23.1"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '34.7 "  N , 15 ° 20' 23.1"  E
Layer joint cavity (Kugelstein) (Styria)
Layer joint cavity (Kugelstein)
Cadastral number: 2784/7
Geology: Schöcklkalk
Lighting: No
Overall length: 10 m
Level difference: 2 m

The layer joint cave at Frohnleiten is 405  m above sea level. A. im Kugelstein north of the main town of Deutschfeistritz and west of Badl , Styria in Austria .

location

The layer joint cave is located on the northern slope of the globular stone between the overhang cave in the west and the niche cave in the east. The access to the cave is in a rock wall, around 6 meters above the road that leads around the Kugelstein to Peggau .

description

The approximately 10 meter long layer joint cave has an entrance 10.6 meters wide and 1.6 meters high. A slightly ascending passage, which is about the same height and width as the cave portal, leads 3 to 4 meters into the mountain. The cave is located on a layer of Schöcklkalk that runs to the northwest .

The cave floor consists of clay deposits only in the northern part and is otherwise rocky.

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