Soteska (; literally, 'gorge') is a village in the
Municipality of Kamnik
The Municipality of Kamnik (; ) is a municipality in northern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Kamnik. Today it is part of the Central Slovenia Statistical Region. It is the 15th-largest municipality by area in Slovenia.
Sett ...
in the
Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola ( ; ; ) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The largest town in the region is Kranj, and other urban centers include Kamnik, Jesenice, Jesenice, Jesenice, Domžale and ...
region of
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
. It lies in a side valley at the point where the
Nevljica River exits the
Tuhinj Valley
The Tuhinj Valley (; ) is a valley in Slovenia linking the Celje Basin with the Ljubljana Basin in an east-west direction along the courses of the Nevljica and Motnišnica rivers.
Geography
The western part of the valley was formed by the wate ...
through a
gorge
A canyon (; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tend ...
, from which it also gets its name. The main road from Kamnik into the Tuhinj Valley runs through the settlement.
References
External links
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Soteska on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Kamnik
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