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9-670: The Rockeskyller Kopf lies within the Volcanic Eifel Nature Park . Its summit rises around 1 kilometre west of Rockeskyll , 1 kilometre east of Bewingen and 1.6 kilometres southeast of Dohm-Lammersdorf . Flowing past the hill to the east is the Kaulbach, a right headstream of the Hangelsbach which passes to the southeast; the latter discharges southeast of the hill near the Pelm settlement of Schloßbrunnen Gerolstein into

18-403: Is easily confused with lava flows . In the final phase, lava streams were outpoured, whose remains may still be seen as lava sheets or pipe filling. The photograph of the longitudinally section rim of the crater shows this succession. The reddish strata sloping to the left are the depositions of lapilli. On their right flank follow, first of all, a thin layer of ejected material ( tuff ) and then

27-656: The Kyll which in turn runs past to the southwest and south. The Rockeskyller Kopf belongs to the natural regional major unit group of the East Eifel (no. 27), in the major unit of the Limestone Eifel (276), in the sub-unit of the Northern Volcanic Eifel (276.8) and to the natural regions of Kyll-Volcanic Eifel ( Kyll-Vulkaneifel , 276.80) in the west and Dockweiler Volcanic Eifel ( Dockweiler Vulkaneifel , 276.81) in

36-625: The Volcanic Eifel and parts of the Volcanic West Eifel with its volcanoes that were still active until about 10,000 years ago numerous maars and lava streams as well as mineral springs and carbonic springs. Red sandstones and marine depositions date to an age of up to 400 million years ago. In addition, the region has a diverse cultural landscape as well as species-rich flora and fauna , extensive forests, mountains and valleys and numerous streams and rivers. The highest mountain of

45-756: The Volcanic Eifel Nature Park, which is bordered in the northwest and north by the High Fens – Eifel Nature Park , is the Ernstberg which, at 699.8 m above  sea level (NHN) , is the second highest peak in the Eifel after the Hohe Acht (746.9 m). 50°13′49.5″N 6°46′8.8″E  /  50.230417°N 6.769111°E  / 50.230417; 6.769111 High Fens %E2%80%93 Eifel Nature Park Too Many Requests If you report this error to

54-544: The counties of Bernkastel-Wittlich , Cochem-Zell and Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate . The nature park , which is in the Eifel mountains, and which is also a geopark , was inaugurated on 31 May 2010 and has an area of 1,068.24 km . > Its sponsor is the Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel GmbH . The Volcanic Eifel Nature Park incorporates large parts of

63-460: The east. The Rockeskyller Kopf is part of a volcanic complex, which comprises several cinder cones that are interconnected. The neighbouring kuppen of the Mäuseberg and Giesenheld also belong to this complex. Experts estimate that there were five to seven eruption sites which built up successively during the course of volcanic activity and were linked together and overlapped. The cinder cone

72-539: The thicker, black layer of scoria. On the Rockeskyller Kopf are parts of the protected landscape of Gerolstein and Surrounding Area ( Gerolstein und Umgebung , CDDA no. 321065; designated in 1983; 124.1171  km ) and of the Vulkaneifel bird reserve (VSG no. 5706-401; 11.25 km). Volcanic Eifel Nature Park The Volcanic Eifel Nature Park ( German : Naturpark Vulkaneifel ) lies in

81-465: The typical positive landscape and volcanic shape of the Eifel – in contrast with the maars , which as volcanic pipes represent a negative landscape form. The formation of the Rockeskyller Kopf began, as in the case of the maars, with steam explosions , which piled up coarse-grained lapilli . Next came Strombolian eruptions , as the intermittent ejection of incandescent cinder is called. The hot cinders melted on impact to become scoria , which

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