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Somló
Somló is a volcanic witness hill, rising to 431 meters, and it sits about 15 kilometers west of Ajka on the eastern edge of the Marcal basin. Its “Schomlau” name—once also written in the Hungarian form Somlyó—reflects how this landscape has been read through different languages over time. Geologically, Somló formed in the mid–Cenozoic era, when today’s Hungary was still covered by an inland sea. By roughly 5–10 million years ago, in the Pliocene, that water became the Pannon Sea, and river systems gradually filled it in. As the sea withdrew, basalt masses reached the surface. …
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