Škocjan Caves
Škocjan Caves is a cave system located in Slovenia. 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 Karst Plateau and in Slovenia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cave
- Description: cave system in Slovenia
- Also known as: “San Canziano Grottoes”, “Škocijanska Cave”, “Škocjan Grottoes”, “Skocjanske Jame”, “Škocjanske Jame”, and “Škocjanské jeskyně (Slovinsko)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Škocjan Caves Regional Park and Cerkev Svetega Kancijana.
Škocjan Caves Regional Park
Nature reserve
Škocjan Caves Regional Park is located in the Škocjan Karst, a vast flat landscape that lies at an elevation between 420 and 450 m in the southeast part of the Karst area.
Cerkev Svetega Kancijana
Church
Photo: Stephen Colebourne, CC BY 2.0.
Cerkev Svetega Kancijana is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Škocjan and Betanja.
Škocjan
Hamlet
Photo: PetarM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Škocjan is a small settlement in the Municipality of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Nearby Škocjan Caves is named after the village. The local church is dedicated to Saint Cantianius and belongs to the parish of Rodik.
Betanja
Hamlet
Betanja is a small settlement above Matavun in the Municipality of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Matavun
Village
Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, CC BY 2.0.
Matavun is a settlement near the entrance to Škocjan Caves in the Municipality of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Škocjan Caves
- Categories: show cave and landform
- Location: Divača, Coast and Karst, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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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”
- 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”
- 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”
- 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”
- 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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