Karst region

The Karst Plateau or the Karst region, also locally called Karst, is a karst plateau region extending across the border of southwestern and northeastern .
  • Region
  • …lies at an elevation of 252 metres (827 feet)
  • Description: limestone plateau region in south of Europe
  • Also known as
    “Dinaric Karst”
    “Gornji Kras”
    “Karst”
    “Karst Plateau”
    “Kras”
    “Krst”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sv. Janez Krstnik and St. George’s Parish Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Volčji Grad and Komen.
is a small settlement northeast of in the Littoral region of .

Karst region

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Latitude
45.80583° or 45° 48′ 21″ north
Longitude
13.74944° or 13° 44′ 58″ east
Open location code
8FQMRP4X+8Q
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Karst region” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Karsti”
  • Arabic: “هضبة كارست”
  • Aragonese: “Carso”
  • Armenian: “Կարստ”
  • Belarusian: “Крас”
  • Belarusian: “Плато Карст”
  • Bosnian: “Kras (regija)”
  • Bosnian: “Kras”
  • Bulgarian: “Карст (плато)”
  • Bulgarian: “Карст”
  • Catalan: “Carso”
  • Chinese: “喀斯特”
  • Chinese: “喀斯特高原”
  • Croatian: “Kras”
  • Czech: “Kras”
  • Dutch: “Karst”
  • Dutch: “Kras”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هضبة كارست”
  • Estonian: “Carso”
  • Estonian: “Karsti lavamaa”
  • Estonian: “Karsti platoo”
  • Estonian: “Kras”
  • French: “Haut plateau karstique”
  • French: “Karst”
  • French: “Plateau du Carso”
  • French: “plateau du Karst”
  • French: “Plateau du Karst”
  • French: “Plateau karstique”
  • French: “Préalpes du Karst”
  • Friulian: “Cjars”
  • Galician: “Carso”
  • Galician: “Meseta Cársica”
  • Galician: “Meseta do Kras”
  • Georgian: “კარსტის პლატო”
  • German: “Karst-Plateau”
  • German: “Karst”
  • Hebrew: “קראס”
  • Indonesian: “Dataran Karst”
  • Italian: “Altopiano Carsico”
  • Italian: “Altopiano del Carso”
  • Italian: “Carso”
  • Japanese: “カルスト地方”
  • Japanese: “クラス地方”
  • Korean: “크라스”
  • Ladin: “Karst”
  • Latin: “Alta planities Carstica”
  • Latin: “Carsia”
  • Latin: “Carstum”
  • Latin: “Carsum”
  • Latin: “Iulia Carsia”
  • Lithuanian: “Krasas”
  • Macedonian: “Крас”
  • Macedonian: “Плато Карст”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kras”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carso”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kras”
  • Norwegian: “Karst”
  • Persian: “فلات کارست”
  • Polish: “Carso”
  • Polish: “Karst”
  • Polish: “Kras”
  • Portuguese: “Carso”
  • Portuguese: “Kras”
  • Portuguese: “Planalto Cársico”
  • Romanian: “Podişul Karst”
  • Romanian: “Podișul Karst”
  • Russian: “Карст”
  • Russian: “Крас”
  • Russian: “Плато Карст”
  • Serbian: “Крас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kras”
  • Slovenian: “Kras”
  • Slovenian: “Slovenski Kras”
  • Slovenian: “Tržaški Kras”
  • Spanish: “Carso”
  • Spanish: “Karst”
  • Spanish: “Kras”
  • Spanish: “Meseta de Kras”
  • Turkish: “Carso Platosu”
  • Ukrainian: “Крас”
  • Ukrainian: “Плато Карст”
  • Venetian: “Carso”
  • Vietnamese: “Kras”
  • Wu Chinese: “喀斯特”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Nadrožica and Preserje pri Komnu.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Monte San Leonardo and Na Precnichi.

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