The Migovec System ( sl, Sistem Migovec) is a and
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cave system within Mount
Tolmin Migovec
Tolmin (; it, Tolmino,trilingual name ''Tolmein, Tolmino, Tolmin'' inGemeindelexikon, der im Reichsrate Vertretenen Königreiche und Länder. Bearbeit auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1900. Herausgegeben von der K.K. ...
() in the
Municipality of Tolmin in northwestern
Slovenia.
The mountain and the cave system are part of
Triglav National Park. The combined system is the longest known cave in the country, followed by the
Postojna Cave System
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 w ...
().
Entrances
The entrances include:
*
Chough Cave () (M2), first explored in 1972, and the highest entrance to the system at 1861 m above sea level
*M16, first explored in 1982
*Torn T-Shirt () (M18), first explored in 1994
*Gardeners' World (), first explored in 2000
*Fairy Cave (), first explored in 2008
*Primadona, first explored in 1999
*Monatip, first explored in 2007
Exploration
The majority of exploration has been carried out by the Caving Section of the
Tolmin Mountaineering Club
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(), joined since 1994 by
Imperial College Caving Club
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Chough Cave (M2), Torn T-Shirt (M18), and M16 were connected together in 1996
to form the initial Migovec System, which was then explored to an eventual depth of .
In 2008, exploration of Fairy Cave led to an almost immediate connection with Gardeners' World, and on 13 August 2012 Gardeners' World was connected to the Migovec System at a depth of .
Primadona and Monatip, two entrances located on the Western cliff of the Migovec plateau form a cave that was first explored in 1999. The cave was explored to a length of 2.7km before, in late 2015, being connected into the rest of System Migovec at a depth of .
See also
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List of caves in Slovenia
The following article is a list of caves in Slovenia. About 43% of Slovenian territory is of karst nature and over 14,000 caves (2021) are known in Slovenia.
List of caves by number of visitors
The following show caves were the most visited in ...
References
External links
Map of Registered Cave Entrances on Tolmin Migovec Geopedia.si
Caves of the Slovene Littoral
Limestone caves
Municipality of Tolmin
2012 in Slovenia
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