Říp Mountain
Říp Mountain Říp from the south Highest point Elevation 455.2 m (1,493 ft) Prominence 200 m (660 ft) Coordinates 50°23′11″N 14°17′18″E / 50.38639°N 14.28833°E / 50.38639; 14.28833 Coordinates: 50°23′11″N 14°17′18″E / 50.38639°N 14.28833°E / 50.38639; 14.28833 Geography Říp Mountain Location in the Czech Republic Location Czech Republic Parent range Central Bohemia Říp Mountain (Czech: hora Říp , IPA: [ˈɦora ˈr̝iːp] ( listen ) ; German: [Sankt] Georgsberg or Raudnitzer Berg ), also known as Říp Hill , is a 459 m solitary hill rising up from the central Bohemian flatland where, according to legend, the first Czechs settled. Říp is located 20 km south-east of Litoměřice, Czech Republic. The mountain and the rotunda are among the Czech national cultural monuments. [1] Geologically, Říp is the erosional remnant of a Late Oligocene volcano and is composed of basalt nephelites containing olivine granules, amphibole, leucite and — among others — magnetite, so a local magne...