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Postojna Cave
Sign in to savekarst cave system in Slovenia
Key facts
- Location
- Postojna , Slovenia
- Depth
- 115 m (377 ft)
- Length
- 24.34 km (15.12 mi)
- Geology
- limestone
- Access
- by train
- Registry
- Cave E-Cadastre
- Cadastral code
- SI00955
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- show cave
- Country
- Slovenia
- Located in
- Municipality of Postojna
- Official website
- www.postojnska-jama.eu/postojnska-jama
- Image
- Burger PostojnskaJama.jpg
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- Commons category
- Postojna Cave
- topic's main category
- Category:Postojna Cave
- mountain range
- Dinaric Alps
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Encyclopedic overview
Postojna Cave (Slovene: Postojnska jama; German: Adelsberger Grotte; Italian: Grotte di Postumia) is a 24.34 km (15.12 mi) long karst cave system near Postojna, southwestern Slovenia. It is the second-longest cave system in the country (following the Migovec System) as well as one of its top tourism sites. The caves were created by the Pivka River.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Postojna Cave” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.