Geotrail Wolayersee
The Geotrail at Lake Wolayersee takes you through a world of ancient shallow and deep seas which are long gone, but have left their traces in the form of fossils such as corals, sea lilies, snails and trilobites inside the rocks, some of which are highly colourful. Because of this juxtaposition of shallow and deep sea sediments, the Lake Wolayersee area is among the most geologically important regions of the world.
This ancient sea embraced great parts of Europe including the Lake Wolayersee region some 460 million years ago and remained there until 320 million years ago. It was followed by the turbulent Variscan mountain building event where some areas were lifted while others subsided. Rocks were folded, displaced and thrust upon each other. The sea disappeared, and with it its inhabitants. The entire Carnic and Gailtal Alps were affected by this mountain formation period. During the Upper Carboniferous the sea returned, but this time did not reach as far as Lake Wolayersee.
Impressioni
Uno sguardo al tour
Punto di arrivo
La destinazione turistica di Nassfeld
Pressegger See si trova in Carinzia/Austria,
direttamente sul confine con l’Italia.
