LANDSCAPE AREA D_ STELLA MOUNTAIN Included Geosites Id_denomination Imp. Id_denomination Imp. Id_denomination Imp. 21_ Stella Mountain M 26_ Baia Arena S 31_Sandstone of Ser- S ramezzana
22_Marine terraces of F 27_Ripe Rosse cliff S 32_Black shales of S Punta Licosa Pioppi
23_Castellabate C 28_Sandstones of Polli- S 33_S. Mauro formation S ca - Rucchito Mountain - Punta Tresino
24_Sandstones of S.Marco S 29_Sandstone of Polli- S ca- Cannicchio 25_Autcrops of S.Marco S 30_Fossil dunes of Ac- S ciaroli
M=Main F= Focal C= Complementary S= Secondary
Legend Landscape area National Park
MAIN GEOSITE 21_ Stella Mountain Ubication Altitude Accessibility Fruition Nation - ITALY 1130 m. s.l. Region - CAMPANIA feet X trackway
Province - SALERNO Distance car X recreation X
NATIONAL PARK boat restaurant 50 Km. from Municipality - STELLA National Park other exposition CILENTO office
INTEREST (1= primary - 2 = secondary) GEOLOGICAL SCIENTIFIC OTHER Rare (conservation Structural Mineralogical experimentation) 1 Didactical 2 Stratigrafical 1 Hydrogeological Popularization Hikers/trecking
Geomorphological Paleontological Rappresentative Archeological
Sedimentological 2 Karsic Mondial/European 2 Naturalistic Paleoenviromental 2 Paleobiological National/Local Historical/religious
Cartography of Main Geosite DESCRIPTION
The landscape Stella Mountain is characterized by geological stratigraphic-structural Unit called the Cilento Group, recently redefined in a lower portion of calcareous-marly-clay (formation of the Crete Nere and Saraceno) and the upper portion arenaceous-conglomeratic (formation of Pollica and San Mauro). Within Stella Mountain 13 individuals geological sites were surveyed: the main geosite is Stella Mountain the S. Mauro formation outcrops (about 20 Millions years ago) major stratigraphic and pa- leoenvironment, examples of slumpings are also evident; a focal geosite like marine terraces of Punta Licosa where we observe the deposits of the Middle and Upper Plestocene (some centianaia of thousands of years ago), the ancient shoreline, the facies of coastal submerged bar, the paleosoil of damp and warm climate (interglacial pre-Tyrrhenian); an complementary geosite like Castellabate with a view of the coastal plain of Santa Maria and marine terraces of S. Marco. The other geological sites identified are stratigraphic and geomorphologic such as the series of Pollica formation (Rucchiti Mountain Rucci, Cannicchio and Serramezzana) and S. Mauro formation (Punta Tresino); the stratigraphic contact of Quaternary rocks on the tertiary succession (St. Marco); fossil dunes of Acciaroli late Pleistocene (the last 100.000 years); the cliff of Ripe Rosse where we can see an examples of slumping.
Geosite 21_ Stella Mountain– Geosite 22_ Marine terraces of Punta Licosa outcrop of Snt Mauro formation
Geosite 22_ Marine terraces of Punta Licosa Geosite 22_ Marine terraces of Punta Licosa
Geosite 24_ Sandstone of Sant Marco Geosite 24_ Sandstone of Sant Marco Geosite 26_ Baia Arena Geosite 27_Ripe Rosse cliff
Geosite 27_Ripe Rosse slumping
Geosite 31_Sandstone of Serramezzana Geosite 33_Sant Mauro formation– Punta Tresino