Postojna Cave

Postojna Cave is a 24.34 km long karst system near , southwestern . 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.
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  • Type: Cave
  • Description: karst cave system in Slovenia
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Inner Carniola Museum and Otok Cave.

Museum
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 1¼ km southeast of Postojna Cave.

Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is situated 1¼ km northwest of Postojna Cave.

Archaeological site
Photo: Sl-Ziga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , a karst cave located on the south-eastern edge of the Lower Pivka Valley on a slope just above the road from to , is a site where rich cultural sediment layers with remains of stone tools, artifacts, and numerous fossilized bones of contemporary animals were found. is situated 1½ km northwest of Postojna Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Veliki Otok and Mali Otok.

Village
Photo: fish tsoi, CC BY 2.0.
is a north of in the region of . The entrance to Postojna Cave lies immediately east of the village.

Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small northwest of in the region of .

Suburb
is a formerly independent settlement in the town of in southwestern . It is part of the traditional region of and is now included with the rest of the municipality in the .

Postojna Cave

Latitude
45.78271° or 45° 46′ 58″ north
Longitude
14.20386° or 14° 12′ 14″ east
Elevation
590 metres (1,936 feet)
Operator
Postojnska jama d.d.
Open location code
8FQPQ6M3+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 290383802
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7287917
Wiki­data ID
Q15903
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Postojna Cave” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كهف بوستوينا”
  • Armenian: “Պոստոյնսկա Յամա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Postojna mağarası”
  • Basque: “Postojnako leizea”
  • Bosnian: “Postojnska jama”
  • Bulgarian: “Постойна”
  • Catalan: “cova de Postojna”
  • Catalan: “Cova de Postojna”
  • Cebuano: “Postojna Cave”
  • Chinese: “波斯托伊納洞”
  • Chinese: “波斯托伊那溶洞”
  • Croatian: “Postojnska jama”
  • Czech: “Postojenská jeskyně”
  • Danish: “Postojnagrotten”
  • Dutch: “Grotten van Postojna”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف بوستوينا”
  • Esperanto: “Kavo de Postojna”
  • Estonian: “Postojna koopad”
  • Finnish: “Postojnan luola”
  • Finnish: “Postojnanluola”
  • French: “grotte d’Adelsberg”
  • French: “grotte de Postojna”
  • French: “Grotte de Postojna”
  • Georgian: “პოსტოინსკა-იამა”
  • German: “Adelsberger Grotte”
  • German: “Adelsberger Grotten”
  • German: “Adelsberger Höhlen”
  • German: “Grotte von Postojna”
  • German: “Höhle Postojna”
  • German: “Höhle von Postojna”
  • German: “Höhlen von Postojna”
  • Greek: “Ποστόινα”
  • Greek: “σπήλαια Ποστόινα”
  • Greek: “Σπήλαιο Ποστόινα”
  • Hebrew: “מערת פוסטוינה”
  • Hungarian: “Postojna-barlang”
  • Hungarian: “Postojnai barlang”
  • Icelandic: “Postojna-hellar”
  • Indonesian: “Gua Postojna”
  • Italian: “grotte di Postumia”
  • Italian: “Grotte di Postumia”
  • Japanese: “ポストイナ鍾乳洞”
  • Kirghiz: “Постойнска-Яма”
  • Korean: “포스토이나 동굴”
  • Latvian: “Postojnas ala”
  • Lithuanian: “Postoinos urvas”
  • Macedonian: “Постојнска Јама”
  • Malayalam: “പോസ്റ്റോണിയ ഗുഹകൾ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Postojnagrotten”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Postojnaholene”
  • Norwegian: “Postojnagrotten”
  • Persian: “غار پستوینا”
  • Polish: “Postojna”
  • Portuguese: “Caverna de Postojna”
  • Romanian: “grota Aldersberg”
  • Romanian: “peștera Postojna”
  • Romanian: “Peștera Postojna”
  • Russian: “пещера Постойнска-Яма”
  • Russian: “Постойнска-Яма”
  • Scots: “Postojna Cave”
  • Serbian: “Постојнска јама”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Postojnska jama”
  • Slovak: “Postojnska jama”
  • Slovenian: “Postojnska jama”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de Postojna”
  • Swedish: “Postojnagrottan”
  • Turkish: “Postojna Mağarası”
  • Ukrainian: “Постойнска Яма”
  • Ukrainian: “Постойнска-Яма”
  • Uzbek: “Postoynskayama”
  • Vietnamese: “Hang Postojna”

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