Boulder Puntukas ( lit. Puntukas ) - erratic boulder , 
Natural monument .
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The second largest natural stone in Lithuania (height 5.7 meters (of which 1.5 meters in the ground), length - 6.9 meters, width - 6.7 meters, weight about 265 tons). It is located 6 kilometers southwest of the city of Anyksciai , in the Ligumai forest, on the left bank of the Ε ventoji river. The probable origin of the boulder is glacial (brought from Finland about 15,000 years ago). Before the discovery of the boulder, Barsticiai was the largest natural stone in Lithuania.
The boulder is granite with large crystals of potassium feldspar surrounded by green rings of oligoclase .
Content
- 1 Legends
- 2 Lituanika Crew Memorial
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Legends
A number of legends are associated with the stone, one devil ( velnias in Lithuanian mythology) carried this gigantic stone to throw it into Anyksciai church , but the rooster sang, and the devil disappeared into the underworld, leaving the stone behind. According to another legend, the dead, brave Lithuanian warrior Puntukas was burned in stone, according to the customs of the pagans, since then the boulder is known as the Puntukas stone. Perhaps the stone was a pagan sanctuary, and the oaks around it are relics of sacred groves.
Lituanic Crew Memorial
In 1943, during the German occupation of Lithuania , the Lithuanian sculptor Bronius Pundzius carved relief images of Styaponas Darius and Stasis Girenas , pilots of the Lituanika plane, who crashed on July 17, 1933 during the transatlantic flight New York - Kaunas on the Puntukas boulder.