Lamač Gate ( sk, Lamačská brána) is a tectonic erosion subsidence in

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...

, the capital of

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. It is one out of four

geomorphological Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek: , ', "earth"; , ', "form"; and , ', "study") is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or n ...

areas of the

Devín Carpathians Forest in Devín Carpathians Ruins of the Devín Castle Devín Carpathians ( sk, Devínske Karpaty, ) is a subdivision of the Little Carpathians mountain range, located entirely within Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is bordered by the ...

, part of the

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mountain range, separating Devín Carpathians from the central massif of Little Carpathians. The city borough of

Lamač Lamač is the smallest borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, lying in the northern part of the city. Part of the Bratislava IV district, Lamač is home to approximately 7,000 inhabitants. Until 1946, Lamač was a small independent villag ...

and parts of Dúbravka lie geographically within the Lamač Gate.

Location and description

Lamač Gate is located in the north-western part of Bratislava to the east of the

Devín Gate Devín Gate, Hainburger Gate or Hungarian Gates ( sk, Devínska brána, ; german: Hainburger Pforte) is a natural gate in the Danube valley at the border of Slovakia and Austria. It is one out of four geomorphological areas of the Devín Carpathia ...

. Both gates are predisposed tectonic erosion subsidences where parts of the city of Bratislava are located. Lamač Gate forms the continuation of the

Záhorie Záhorie ( hu, Erdőhát) is a region in western Slovakia between by the Little Carpathians to the east and the Morava River to the west. Although not an administrative region, it is one of the 21 official tourism regions in Slovakia. Záhorie ...

Lowland but it does not connect all the way to the Danubian Lowland. It consists of the mouth of the gate close to the Záhorie Lowland, central part (called the Lamač-Dúbravka part) is the largest and highest part of the gate, it then significantly narrows down between the massifs of Kamzík and Staré Grunty until it finally widens again in the area of the Red Bridge valley at

Patrónka Patrónka is an area in the western part of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, it is also the name of a major transport junction within the area and an important bus stop. Patrónka is located at the boundary of Bratislava I Old Town and Bratis ...

. The gate ends at today's Brnianska Street at the top of the hill at the watershed near the Bratislava Kalvária. The area is densely populated and contains major transport infrastructure including the D2 motorway, I/2 road, the railway line no. 110 Bratislava – Kúty – Břeclav and railway line no. 100 Bratislava – Devínska Nová Ves – Marchegg. There are two railway stations in the area:

Bratislava Železná studienka railway station Bratislava Železná studienka railway station ( hu, Pozsony-Vaskutacska vasútállomás, sk, Železničná zastávka Bratislava-Železná studienka; Železničná zastávka Bratislava-Železná studnička; Železničná stanica Bratislava-Želez ...

and

Bratislava Lamač railway station Bratislava Lamač railway station ( hu, Pozsony-Lamacs vasútállomás, sk, Železničná stanica Bratislava-Lamač, cs, Železniční stanice Bratislava-Lamač) is a small railway station (technically a train halt) inside the Lamač borough of ...

. The last paleostress brittle-fault related event represents NNE-SSW tension, which is responsible for creation of the

Upper Miocene The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages. The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch, which lasted from 11.63 Ma (million years ago) to 5.333 Ma. The ev ...

Lamač Gate depression along NW-SE normal faults. These are the youngest faults in the structural plan of the southern rim of Bratislava massif, even suspected form neotectonic activity.Hoffman et al., 2008 in Németh Z., & Plašienka D., 2008

References

* J. HRADSKÝ, Lamač - Blumenau, Bratislava:Marenčin PT, 2016, 272 pages, {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamač Gate Landforms of Slovakia Geography of Bratislava

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