Postojna Cave
Postojna Cave is a 24.34 km long karst cave system near Postojna, southwestern Slovenia. 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.
- Cave
- …lies at an elevation of 590 metres (1,936 feet)
- …is wheelchair accessible
- …is operated by Postojnska jama d.d.
- Description: karst cave system in Slovenia
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inner Carniola Museum and Občina Postojna.
Inner Carniola Museum
Museum
Inner Carniola Museum is situated 1¼ km southeast of Postojna Cave.
Občina Postojna
Town hall
Občina Postojna is a town hall, which is situated 1¼ km southeast of Postojna Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Veliki Otok and Postojna.
Veliki Otok
Village
Veliki Otok is a village north of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
Mali Otok
Village
Mali Otok is a small village northwest of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
Postojna Cave
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Latitude
45.78271° or 45° 46′ 58″ north
Longitude
14.20386° or 14° 12′ 14″ east
Open location code
8FQPQ6M3+3G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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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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