Rakov Škocjan
Rakov Škocjan is a settlement south of Rakek in the Municipality of Cerknica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The surrounding area of the Rak Škocjan Valley is a regional nature reserve known as Rak Škocjan Park.Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 10 residents
- Description: place in Inner Carniola, Slovenia
- Also known as: “Rakov Skocjan” and “Rakov Škocjan, Cerknica”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rak Škocjan and Zelške jame.
Rak Škocjan
Nature reserve
Photo: Smihael, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rak Škocjan is a valley and a landscape park, part of Inner Carniola Regional Park in southwestern Slovenia. Administratively, it belongs to the settlement of Rakov Škocjan.
Weaver Cave
Cave
Photo: Malenki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weaver Cave —also known as Vaulted Cave, Škocjan Cave, and Inlet Cave —is a 2,885 metres long ponor cave in southwest Slovenia. It runs from the west side of the Rak Škocjan Valley, where it has two entrances, and continues into Planina Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zelše and Rakek.
Zelše
Village
Photo: Žiga, Public domain.
Zelše is a village along the road linking Cerknica and Postojna, at the northwestern part of the karst Cerknica Polje in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia.
Rakek
Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
Rakek is a settlement in the Municipality of Cerknica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Rakek is situated 3½ km northeast of Rakov Škocjan.
Slivice
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Slivice is a settlement west of Rakek in the Municipality of Cerknica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Slivice is situated 3½ km north of Rakov Škocjan.
Rakov Škocjan
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Municipality of Cerknica, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.78612° or 45° 47′ 10″ northLongitude
14.29913° or 14° 17′ 57″ eastPopulation
10Elevation
597 metres (1,959 feet)Open location code
8FQPQ7PX+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 5180964199OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
8989290Wikidata ID
Q2127120
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Rakov Škocjan” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Rakov Škocjan”
- Chechen: “Раков Шкоцян (Церкниця)”
- Chechen: “Раков Шкоцян”
- Croatian: “Rakov Škocjan”
- Dutch: “Rakov Škocjan”
- French: “Rakov Škocjan”
- Irish: “Rakov Škocjan”
- Macedonian: “Раков Шкоцјан”
- Polish: “Rakov Škocjan”
- Romanian: “Rakov Škocjan, Cerknica”
- Romanian: “Rakov Škocjan”
- Serbian: “Раков Шкоцјан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rakov Škocjan”
- Slovenian: “Rakov Škocjan, Cerknica”
- Slovenian: “Rakov Škocjan”
- Tatar: “Раков Шкоцян (Церкниця)”
- Tatar: “Раков Шкоцян”
- Ukrainian: “Раков Шкоцян”
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Notable Places Nearby
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