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.[1]

List of caves by number of visitors

The following show caves were the most visited in 2008 (ordered by the number of visitors):[2]

  1. Postojna Cave: 548,424 visitors
  2. Škocjan Caves: 100,299 visitors
  3. Hell Cave: 13,638 visitors
  4. Predjama Cave: 6,133 visitors
  5. Cross Cave: 4,935 visitors
  6. Mayor Cave: 4,008 visitors
  7. 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).[3] 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.

# Name Wiki article Length (m) Depth (m) Location Score
1 Sistem Migovec Migovec System 43,009 972 zaledje Tolminke 164.58
2 Sistem Mala Boka - BC4 11,875 1,319 [4][5] Bovška kotlina 116.04
3 Čehi 2 5,536 1,505 Rombonski podi 113.24
4 Črnelsko brezno 20,066 1,393 Rombonski podi 112.29
5 Renetovo brezno-P4 12,296 1,322 Kaninski podi 101.82
6 Vandima 2,500 1,182 Rombonski podi 84.52
7 Sistem Molička Peč 3,817 1,130 [6] Dleskovška planota 82.27
8 Brezno spečega dinozavra 2,147 1,081 [7] Kaninski podi 76.82
9 Velika ledena jama v Paradani 7,311 858 Trnovski gozd 74.49
10 Macola 2,593 1,016 [8] Kaninski podi 73.14
11 Pološka jama 10,800 704 zaledje Tolminke 72.61
12 Skalarjevo brezno 8,176 1200 Kaninski podi 71.93
13 Brezno pri gamsovi glavici 6,000 817 [9] Bohinjske planine 68.64
14 Brezno pod velbom 2,665 910 [10][11] Kaninski podi 66.84
15 Sistem pokljuškega grebena 9,584 643 [12] Pokljuka 65.64
16 Jamski system Postojnska jama Postojna Cave 24,120 115 Pivška kotlina 65.32
17 Brezno pod žičnico 2,531 875 [13][14] Kanin 64.19
18 Bela griža 1 2,054 884 [15] Trnovski gozd 63.65
19 BC-10 (Kanin) 2,135 856 [16] Kaninski podi 61.99
20 Grvn 7,765 566 [17] Bohinjske planine 55.68
21 Kačna jama 20,200 280 Divaški kras 54.91
22 Devettisoča jama 2,382 671 Raduha 50.52
23 C 11 (Možnica) 1,074 644 zaledje Koritnice (Log pod Mangartom) 45.36
24 Brezno pri Leški planini 4,019 536 Jelovica 45.22
25 Predjamski system 17,945 168 Pivška kotlina 44.35
26 Vrtiglavica 643 643 Kaninski podi 44.26
27 Drugi system Moličke planine 3,349 542 Dleskovška planota 44.02
28 Brezno na Toscu 1,870 581 Bohinjske planine 42.84
29 [Brezno treh src] 763 621 Snežnik 41.98
30 Dol ledenica 1,822 543 Trnovski gozd 40.44
31 Edijevi vhodi 774 519 Dleskovška planota 36.34
32 4-P 1,030 495 Rodica 35.28
33 Brezno Bogumila Brinška 585 506 Snežnik 35.02
34 Habečkov brazen 1,402 476 Črnovrška planota (Idrija) 34.98
35 [Evklidova piščal] 2,453 429 Pokljuka 34.37
36 Čaganka 2,431 475 Poljanska gora (nad Belo krajino) 34.07
37 Brezno presenečenj 950 472 Dobrovlje (Vransko) 33.63
38 Majska jama 650 480 Bohinjske planine 33.44
39 Brezno Martina Krpana 806 451 Bohinjske planine 31.90
40 Cefizlova jama 860 449 Bohinjske planine 31.89
41 Ferranova buža 3,093 358 zaledje Vrhnike 31.19
42 Škocjanske jame (sistem) Škocjan Caves 6,138 254 Divaški kras 30.18
43 Jamski system Sežanske reke 1,501 394 Sežanski kras 29.77
44 [Sistem SuRovka] 1,596 385 Kanin 29.40
45 Ponor polne lune 1,873 370 Banjšice 29.06
46 Jama pred Kotlom 900 404 Slavnik 28.99
47 Jama pod Debelim vrhom 689 410 Bohinjske planine 28.89
48 Zelške jame (sistem) 7,338 160 Rakov Škocjan 28.18
49 Klomsko brezno 499 384 Ratitovec 26.70
50 P-41 (Kanin) 782 367 Kaninski podi 26.26
51 Letuško brezno na Dedcu 888 361 Dleskovška planota 26.11
52 Jama 1 v Kanjaducah 1,332 329 Sežanski kras 25.05
53 Kamrica jama 534 351 Snežnik 24.60
54 Jesenska jama 875 338 Kamniška Bistrica 24.55
55 Jazben 868 334 Banjšice 24.27
56 Zgubljeno brezno na Raduhi 939 327 Raduha 23.98
57 Davorjevo brezno 5,887 304 Brkini 23.73
58 Vodna jama v Lozi 7,748 75 Slavinski ravnik (Prestranek) 23.51
59 Dimnice (jama) 6,020 134 Matarsko podolje 23.30
60 Ljubljanska jama 1,120 310 Kamniška Bistrica 23.28
61 Žalčevo brezno 398 336 Snežnik 23.28
62 Ledena jama 1 na južni strani Studorja 2,345 286 Bohinjske planine 23.23
63 Brezno Velikega Talirja 673 320 Kaninski podi 22.87
64 Brezno zadnjega poskusa 580 320 Kriški podi 22.65
65 Dobra Nada 1,112 300 Trnovski gozd 22.59
66 Golerjev pekel 645 316 Logarska dolina 22.54
67 Vikend brezno 1,435 279 Jelovica 21.97
68 Križna jama Cross Cave 8,273 32 Loško polje 21.91
69 Klemenškov pekel 455 310 Logarska dolina 21.69
70 Žirovcova jama 5,994 106 zaledje Vrhnike 21.37
71 Azaleja (Kanin) 470 302 Kaninski podi 21.19
72 Black Jack 457 302 Kaninski podi 21.16
73 J 10 410 300 Rombonski podi 20.91
74 Najdena jama 5,216 121 Planinsko polje 20.51
75 Planinska jama Planina Cave 6,859 65 Planinsko polje 20.43
76 Karlovice (system) 8,057 20 Cerkniško polje 20.07
77 Lipiška jama 1,400 250 Sežanski kras 19.96
78 Logarček 4,888 120 Planinsko polje 19.66
79 Ledeno špičje 1,118 255 Krnsko pogorje 19.61
80 Gradišnica 1,170 250 Logaški travnik 19.41
81 Burja 1,099 248 Kozina 19.11
82 Kamniška jama 1,570 226 Kamniška Bistrica 18.77
83 Hotiško-Slivarski jamski sistem 2,644 180 Matarsko podolje 18.28
84 Beško-Ocizeljski sistem 2,780 150 Podgorski kras (Črni Kal) 16.62
85 Jazbina v Rovnjah 2,233 160 Matarsko podolje 15.97
86 Novokrajska jama 1,297 188 Jelšanska brda 15.59
87 Šimnova jama 2,054 153 Mežakla 15.08
88 Gašpinova jama 3,375 103 Logaški ravnik 14.91
89 Huda Luknja (sistem) 3,030 119 dolina Pake 14.75
90 Prepadna jama 1,557 151 obronki doline Kolpe (Kostel) 13.75
91 Pucov brazen 2,235 110 Hotenjski ravnik (Hotedršica) 12.65
92 Hrušiške ponikve 1,036 152 Matarsko podolje 12.58
93 Kamenšca 1,023 147 Matarsko podolje 12.22
94 Podstenska jama 3,376 60 Mala gora (Ribnica) 12.06
95 Podpeška jama 4,390 20 Dobrepolje 11.83
96 Tkalca jama Weaver Cave 2,885 71 Rakov Škocjan 11.62
97 Medvedjak 1,092 129 Matarsko podolje 11.18
98 Čendova jama 1,040 126 Baška grapa 10.86
99 Viršnica 2,796 60 Radensko polje 10.68
100 Obrh Čolniči 2,700 61 Cerkniško polje 10.51
101 Martinska jama pri Markovščini 1,004 120 Matarsko podolje 10.37
102 Jama v Kofcah 1,090 103 Velika planina 9.45
103 Križna jama 2 1,415 89 Loško polje 9.29
104 Trbiška zijalka 1,112 99 Zgornja Savinjska dolina 9.24
105 Prekova jama 1,028 100 Hleviška planina 9.10
106 Revenov brazen 1,236 95 Hotenjski ravnik (Hotedršica) 9.01
107 Vipavska jama 1,932 64 Vipavska dolina 8.87
108 Račiške ponikve 1,070 94 Brkini 8.81
109 Snežna jama na planini Arto 1,327 75 Raduha 8.15
110 Kostanjeviška jama 1,871 47 Gorjanci 7.59
111 Jama and Dolinskim jarkom 1,858 46 Gorjanci 7.50
112 Osapska jama 1,607 54 Podgorski kras (Črni Kal) 7.43
113 Ponikve v Jezerini 1,224 63 Matarsko podolje 7.12
114 Pekel pri Zalogu 1,500 40 Ponikovski kras (Polzela) 6.25
115 SV 6/93 1,126 46 Dleskovška planota 5.75
116 Boka 1,425 84 Kanin 5.74
117 Jama Kreščak 1,279 38 Gorjanci 5.58
118 Izvir Bilpa 1,180 41 dolina Kolpe (Kostel) 5.54
119 Kmetov brazen (sistem) 1,149 41 Hotenjski ravnik (Hotedršica) 5.23
120 Tajna jama 1 1,300 30 Ponikovski kras (Polzela) 5.10
121 Mitjina jama 1,027 39 Matarsko podolje 5.05
122 Željnske jame 1,600 12 Kočevsko polje 4.63
123 Lekinka 1,032 17 Pivška kotlina 3.60

See also

References
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  2. "Letno število obiskovalcev izbranih naravnih znamenitosti v Sloveniji" [The Yearly Number of Visitors of Selected Natural Landmarks in Slovenia]. Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
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