The following article is a list of caves in Slovenia. About 43% of
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
n territory is of
karst nature and over 14,000
cave
A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground, specifically a space large enough for a human to enter. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. The word ''cave'' can refer to smaller openings such as sea ...
s (2021) are known in Slovenia.
List of caves by number of visitors
The following
show caves were the most visited in 2008 (ordered by the number of visitors):
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Postojna Cave
Postojna Cave ( sl, Postojnska jama; german: Adelsberger Grotte; it, Grotte di Postumia) is a long karst cave system near Postojna, southwestern Slovenia. It is the second-longest cave system in the country (following the Migovec System) as wel ...
: 548,424 visitors
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Škocjan Caves
Škocjan Caves (; sl, Škocjanske jame, it, Grotte di San Canziano) is a cave system in Slovenia. Due to its exceptional significance, Škocjan Caves was entered on UNESCO’s list of natural and cultural World Heritage Sites in 1986. Internati ...
: 100,299 visitors
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Hell Cave
Hell Cave ( sl, Jama Pekel) is a karst cave in the settlement of Zalog pri Šempetru in Slovenia.
Name
Across Slovenia there are many oronyms, regional names, and microtoponyms named ''Pekel'' or 'hell'. In folk geography, the name was used to ...
: 13,638 visitors
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Predjama Cave: 6,133 visitors
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Cross Cave
Cross Cave ( sl, Križna jama, german: Kreuzberghöhle), also named Cold Cave under Cross Mountain (), is a cave in Slovenia's Lož Valley, in the area between the Lož Karst Field, Cerknica Karst Field, and Bloke Plateau. The cave is named aft ...
: 4,935 visitors
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Mayor Cave: 4,008 visitors
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Pivka Cave and
Black Cave: 3,509 visitors
List of longest and deepest caves
It includes all the caves in the Slovenian cave registry, at least 1,000 m long and at least 300 m deep (March 2023).
The list is sorted on a cave score, obtained as a sum of normalized length (divided by the length of the longest cave, multiplied by 100) and depth (divided by the depth of the deepest cave times 100) - maximal possible score would be 200.
See also
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List of caves
This is a list of caves of the world that have articles or that are properly cited. They are sorted by continent and then country. Caves which are in overseas territories on a different continent than the home country are sorted by the territory' ...
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Speleology
Speleology is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, as well as their make-up, structure, physical properties, history, life forms, and the processes by which they form ( speleogenesis) and change over time (speleomorphology) ...
References
External links
Online Cave Registry Ljubljana Cave Exploration Society (DZRJL).
Virtual panoramas of Slovene caves Burger.si.
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Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
Caves
A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground, specifically a space large enough for a human to enter. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. The word ''cave'' can refer to smaller openings such as sea ...