Meluzína

Meluzína
Path on the Meluzína or Wirbelstein
Highest point
Elevation	1,094.1 m n.m. (3,590 ft)
Coordinates	50°23′25″N 13°00′28″E
Geography
Meluzína Location within Czech Republic
Location	Karlovarsky kraj, Czech Republic
Parent range	Ore Mountains
Geology
Mountain type	ridge
Rock type	eclogite

The Meluzína (German: Wirbelstein) is a 1,094-metre-high (3,589 ft) mountain in the central Ore Mountains in the Czech Republic.

Location

The Meluzína or Wirbelstein lies three kilometres east of the highest peak in the range, the Klínovec, near the road from Boží Dar to Měděnec on the actual crest of the Ore Mountains.

Ascents

• The Meluzína lies on the red marked ridgeway of the Ore Mountains (European walking route E3). An ascent of the summit is possible over an unmarked branching trail.
• The road from Boží Dar to Měděnec is also a good starting point (turn off to Pod Meluzínou).

Geology

Many minerals can be seen in coarse-grained bands.

• Quartz
• Amphibole
• Zoisite

Views

• West
  • Klínovec
• North
  • Fichtelberg
  • Wind turbines near Háj u Loučné
  • Bärenstein
  • Pöhlberg
  • Wind power station near Jöhstadt
• East
  • Velký Špičák
  • Jelení hora
  • Kupferhübel mit Měděnec
  • Brown coal power station near Kadaň
• South
  • Ohře valley and Ostrov nad Ohří

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  Rocks on the Meluzína
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  On the summit of the Meluzína