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Szentbékkállai kőtenger
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Szentbékkállai kőtenger

In Szentbékkállai kőtenger once stood a rare concentration of hard, silicon-dioxide rock, created when ancient thermal springs—left over from the Pannon Sea era’s volcanic after-effects—cemented the sea’s white sand into solid stone near the village of Szentbékkálla. Over time, continuous erosion shaped that material into varied rock forms, driven in particular by Pleistocene weather. The geological “kőtenger,” or stone sea, also became tied to wider travel. Its unusual formations line the route of the Országos Kéktúra between Badacsonytördemic and Nagyvázsony. Nearby, the best-known giant boulder, the Kelemen-kő ingókő, is a ten-ton stone that visitors can “rock” because it rests on just three contact points. …

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