Veliki Otok
Veliki Otok is a village north of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The entrance to Postojna Cave lies immediately east of the village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 157 residents
- Description: place in Inner Carniola, Slovenia
- Also known as: “Otok”, “Ottocco”, and “Veliki Otok, Slovenia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Postojna Cave and Otok Cave.
Postojna Cave
Cave
Photo: Lander, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Postojna Cave is a 24.34 km long karst cave system near Postojna, southwestern Slovenia. It is the second-longest cave system in the country as well as one of its top tourism sites. The caves were created by the Pivka River.
Betal Rock Shelter
Archaeological site
Photo: Sl-Ziga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Betal Rock Shelter, a karst cave located on the south-eastern edge of the Lower Pivka Valley on a slope just above the road from Postojna to Bukovje, is a site where rich cultural sediment layers with remains of stone tools, artifacts, and numerous fossilized bones of contemporary animals were found.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mali Otok and Zagon.
Mali Otok
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mali Otok is a small village northwest of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
Zagon
Village
Zagon is a village northwest of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Notburga and belongs to the Parish of Postojna.
Zalog
Suburb
Zalog is a formerly independent settlement in the town of Postojna in southwestern Slovenia. It is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Littoral–Inner Carniola Statistical Region.
Veliki Otok
- Categories: human settlement, cultural heritage site in Slovenia, and locality
- Location: Postojna, Coast and Karst, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.78381° or 45° 47′ 2″ northLongitude
14.19793° or 14° 11′ 53″ eastPopulation
157Elevation
541 metres (1,775 feet)Open location code
8FQPQ5MX+G5OpenStreetMap ID
node 275397769OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3188025Wikidata ID
Q2237429
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Veliki Otok” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Veliki Otok”
- Cebuano: “Veliki Otok”
- Chechen: “Великий Оток”
- Croatian: “Veliki Otok”
- Dutch: “Veliki Otok”
- French: “Veliki Otok”
- Irish: “Veliki Otok”
- Italian: “Otocco Grande”
- Italian: “Ottocco Grande”
- Macedonian: “Велики Оток”
- Persian: “ولیکی اتک”
- Persian: “ولیکی اوتوک”
- Polish: “Veliki Otok”
- Romanian: “Veliki Otok, Postojna”
- Romanian: “Veliki Otok”
- Serbian: “Велики Оток (Постојна)”
- Serbian: “Велики Оток”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Veliki Otok”
- Slovenian: “Veliki Otok, Postojna”
- Slovenian: “Veliki Otok”
- Tatar: “Великий Оток”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Оток”
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