Stradner Kogel
| Stradner Kogel | ||
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 View from the west |
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| height | 609 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Styria ( Austria ) | |
| Mountains | Southeastern Alpine foothills | |
| Dominance | 38.7 km → Demmerkogel | |
| Notch height | 269 m ↓ L219 at Galgegg | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 50 '45 " N , 15 ° 55' 54" E | |
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| rock | basalt | |
| Age of the rock | Pliocene | |
The Stradner Kogel ( 609 m above sea level ) is one of the highest elevations in the southeast of Styria . It is of volcanic origin and, like the Gleichenberger Kögel 4 km to the north, belongs to the elongated Trans-Danubian volcanic region that stretches from Slovenia over the Styrian hill country to Burgenland (see Pauliberg ) and finally disappears into the subsurface of the Pannonian lowlands .
Geography and geology
The Stradner Kogel is located in the district of southeast Styria , three kilometers south of Bad Gleichenberg and between the towns of Merkendorf , Wilhelmsdorf , and Hochstraden .
The somewhat elongated ridge towers over the valley of the Sulzbach and the eastern Styrian hill country by 300–400 meters and offers a wide view . There is a first-order measurement point at the summit .
The quarry on Stradner Kogel consists of nephelinite - basalt and is known as a rich location for many minerals such as barite , gismondine , hannebachite , Haüyn , leucite and the very rare motukoreaite as well as spinel and the minerals chromite , gahnite and magnetite belonging to the spinel group . A total of 75 recognized mineral species have so far been documented for this site (as of 2018).
For the mineral trattnerite , the Stradner Kogel is also considered a type locality (first location).
Transmitter
On the Stradnerkogel there is a transmission system of the ORS Österreichische Rundfunksender GmbH for VHF and TV, used u. a. from ORF, Kronehit Radio, Radio Soundportal. A freestanding steel lattice tower 83 meters high is used as the antenna carrier. A second, smaller, also designed as a free-standing steel lattice tower, carries antennas for an amateur radio relay, among other things.
Weather radar
Since May 20, 2020, a FURUNO WR 2120 weather radar from the Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change at the University of Graz has been on the north-eastern edge of the mast at 41 meters . It is used to research heavy rain and thunderstorms as well as their changes in the course of climate change and supplements the data set of the existing WegenerNet in the Feldbach region ( Southeast Styria ). The radar is aligned to the north and transmits between 270 ° (west) to 90 ° (east) with 9.4 GHz (bandwidth 60 MHz). Its current range is set to the WegenerNet with a radius of 30 kilometers, the maximum range is 70 kilometers. An essential feature of the radar is its small size with a diameter of only one meter, which was made possible by the use of solid-state technology in the radar construction.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stradner Kogel type locality in the Mineralienatlas and Mindat
- ↑ upgrade. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .