Geotourism 2 (37) 2014: 21–32 http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/geotour.2014.37.21 Geological and tourist attractions of southern Bornholm Izabela Jamorska, Katarzyna Gil, Anna Kamińska, Daria Piątkowska, Anna Sokólska, Joanna Żarnowska Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Wydział Nauk o Ziemi, Katedra Geologii i Hydrogeologii, ul. Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń; e-mail:
[email protected] Characteristic features of the researched area Bornholm is a Danish island located in the Baltic Sea. It is undoubtedly a place where the diversity of landscape is truly amazing. On such a small island of merely 588 square kilo- metres and whose coastline does not exceed 158 kilometres, we can fi nd all plant formations typical of the Scandinavian countries, as well as metamorphic, igneous and sedimenta- ry rocks, dating back to various geological periods (Fronia, Abstract: The following article presents the description of seven 2009). The northern and eastern part of the island is built of geological and tourist routes in the southern part of the Danish solid granite rock, the characteristic feature of which is mas- island called Bornholm. The fi eldwork, which took place during sive cliffs. The southern part of the island is a place where the expedition of the Geography Students’ Scientifi c Group from mainly Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary rocks can be the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in found. The south-west of the island is characterised by sandy Toruń, included photographic documentation and the location of beaches, at times exceeding 200 metres in width, with dunes rock concentrations by means of a GPS receiver.