Liptáňský bludný balvan, Glacial erratic monument in Liptaň, Czech Republic.
Liptáňský bludný balvan is a large boulder of pink-brown granite sitting near Liptáňský Stream in a protected natural area. The rock was transported here by glaciers and left behind when the ice retreated.
The boulder reached the Osoblažsko region from Bohuslän in southern Sweden between 800,000 and 250,000 years ago, carried by the continental ice sheet. In the 1960s it was moved to its present site as a natural monument, together with two smaller boulders.
The boulder is the largest glacial erratic found in the Osoblažsko region, moved to this protected spot in the 1960s together with two smaller boulders. It is a pink, fine-grained granite from Bohuslän in southern Sweden, and the site is protected as evidence of continental glaciation in northern Moravia.
This natural monument is free to visit year-round and sits beside marked walking trails near Liptaň village. The boulder is accessible on foot across the railway line and easy to find in the local area.
At 220 × 130 × 120 cm and roughly 4.7 tonnes, it is the largest glacial erratic found in the open countryside of the Osoblaha region. It was moved to the protected site in the 1960s together with two smaller boulders.
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