Vrtojbica

Vrtojbica is a stream in Slovenia. Vrtojbica is situated nearby to the neighborhood Pod Otokom, as well as near the locality Miren border crossing.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sinkhole and Miren Cemetery.

Sinkhole

Meadow

Photo: Hendrik Dacquin, CC BY 2.0.

A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are also known as shakeholes, and to openings where surface water enters into underground passages known as ponor, swallow hole or swallet. Sinkhole is situated 3½ km south of Vrtojbica.

Miren Cemetery

Cemetery

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Church of Our Lady of Sorrows

Monastery

Photo: BojanM79, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church of Our Lady of Sorrows is a monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miren border crossing and Miren.

Miren border crossing

Locality

Photo: Perica, CC BY 2.0.

Miren border crossing is a locality.

Miren

Village

Photo: Žiga, Public domain.

Miren is an urbanized settlement in the Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica in the Littoral region of Slovenia right next to the border with Italy. The hill known as Miren Castle rises above the settlement to the south.

Orehovlje

Village

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Orehovlje is a settlement next to Miren in the Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica in the Littoral region of Slovenia. The local church is dedicated to Saint Augustine and belongs to the Parish of Miren.

Vrtojbica

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

45.89722° or 45° 53′ 50″ north

Longitude

13.61639° or 13° 36′ 59″ east

Elevation

43 metres (141 feet)

Open location code

8FQMVJW8+VH

GeoNames ID

3220147

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