Škocjan Caves

Škocjan Caves is a cave system located in . Škocjan Caves was included on UNESCO’s list of natural and cultural World Heritage Sites in 1986. Škocjan Caves is a significant underground phenomenon on the and in Slovenia.
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  • Cave
  • …lies at an elevation of 378 metres (1,240 feet)
  • Description: cave system in Slovenia
  • Also known as
    “San Canziano Grottoes”
    “Škocijanska Cave”
    “Škocjan Grottoes”
    “Škocjanske Jame”
    “Škocjanské jeskyně (Slovinsko)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cerkev Svetega Kancijana and Škocjan Caves Regional Park.
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is a church.
is located in the Škocjan…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Škocjan and Betanja.
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is a small settlement in the in the Littoral region of .
is a small settlement above in the…
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is a settlement near the entrance…

Škocjan Caves

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Latitude
45.665° or 45° 39′ 54″ north
Longitude
13.99472° or 13° 59′ 41″ east
Open location code
8FQMMX7V+XV
Geo­Names ID
3190721
Wiki­data ID
Q500376

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Škocjan Caves” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shpellat e Shkocjanit”
  • Arabic: “كهوف شكوتسيان”
  • Armenian: “Շկոցյանսկե Յամե”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şkosyan mağarası”
  • Basque: “Škocjan leizeak”
  • Bosnian: “Škocjanske jame”
  • Catalan: “coves de Škocjan”
  • Catalan: “Coves de Škocjan”
  • Cebuano: “Škocjanske Jame”
  • Chinese: “什科茨扬溶洞”
  • Chinese: “什科茨揚溶洞”
  • Croatian: “Škocjanske jame”
  • Czech: “Škocjanské jeskyně (Slovinsko)”
  • Czech: “Škocjanské jeskyně”
  • Danish: “Skocjahulerne”
  • Dutch: “Grotten van Skocjan”
  • Dutch: “Grotten van Škocjan”
  • Dutch: “Skocjanske Jama”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف شكوجان”
  • Esperanto: “Kavoj de Skocjan”
  • Esperanto: “Kavoj de Škocjan”
  • Estonian: “Škocjani koopad”
  • Finnish: “Skocjanin luolat”
  • Finnish: “Škocjanin luolat”
  • French: “Grottes de Skocjan”
  • French: “grottes de Škocjan”
  • French: “Grottes de Škocjan”
  • Galician: “Covas de Škocjan”
  • Georgian: “შკოციანის მღვიმეები”
  • German: “Höhlen von Skocjan”
  • German: “Höhlen von Škocjan”
  • German: “Höhlen von St. Kanzian”
  • German: “Regionalpark Škocjanske jame”
  • German: “Škocjanske jame”
  • German: “Škocjanské jeskyně (Slovinsko)”
  • Greek: “Σπήλαια του Σκόκγιαν”
  • Greek: “Σπήλαια του Σκότσγιαν”
  • Hebrew: “מערות שקוציאן”
  • Hindi: “स्कोज़न गुफाएं”
  • Hungarian: “Škocjan-barlangrendszer”
  • Indonesian: “Gua Škocjan”
  • Italian: “grotte di San Canziano”
  • Italian: “Grotte di San Canziano”
  • Japanese: “シュコシャン洞窟群”
  • Japanese: “シュコツィアン洞窟群”
  • Japanese: “シュコツィアン鍾乳洞”
  • Korean: “슈코치안 동굴”
  • Latvian: “Škocjanas alas”
  • Lithuanian: “Škocjano urvai”
  • Macedonian: “Шкоцјански Јами”
  • Maltese: “Għerien ta’ Škocjan”
  • Maltese: “Škocjanske Jame”
  • Persian: “غارهای شکوجان”
  • Polish: “Jaskinie Szkocjańskie”
  • Portuguese: “Grutas de Skocjan”
  • Portuguese: “Grutas de Škocjan”
  • Romanian: “Peșterile din Škocjan”
  • Russian: “Шкоцьянске-Яме”
  • Russian: “Шкоцьянские пещеры”
  • Russian: “Шкоцянские пещеры”
  • Serbian: “Škocjanske jame”
  • Serbian: “Шкоцјанске јаме”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Škocjanske jame”
  • Slovak: “Škocjanske jame”
  • Slovak: “Škocjanské jaskyne”
  • Slovenian: “Škocjanska jama”
  • Slovenian: “Škocjanske jame”
  • Spanish: “Cuevas de Skocjan”
  • Spanish: “Cuevas de Škocjan”
  • Spanish: “Grutas de Skocjan”
  • Spanish: “Grutas de Škocjan”
  • Spanish: “Skocjanske jame”
  • Spanish: “Škocjanske jame”
  • Swedish: “Skocjangrottorna”
  • Swedish: “Škocjangrottorna”
  • Swedish: “Skocjanske jame”
  • Swedish: “Škocjanske jame”
  • Swedish: “St. Canzian”
  • Swedish: “Tkocjangrottorna”
  • Turkish: “Škocjan Mağaraları”
  • Ukrainian: “Шкоцянські печери”
  • Vietnamese: “Các hang Škocjan”

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