Snezhanka Cave
Snezhanka is a show cave in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. It was discovered in 1961 and opened for visitors in 1965. Snezhanka is among the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria of the Bulgarian Tourist Union.Photo: Spiritia, Public domain.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Snezhanka” and “Snezhanka cave”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station.
Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station
Power station
The Peshtera Hydro Power Plant is an active underground hydroelectric plant in Peshtera, Bulgaria. It is part of the Batak Hydropower Cascade. It has 5 individual Pelton turbines which can deliver up to 136 MW of power. Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station is situated 2½ km northwest of Snezhanka Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peshtera and Atoluka.
Peshtera
Town
Photo: Spiritia, Public domain.
Peshtera is a town in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. It is located in Pazardzhik Province near the towns of Batak and Bratsigovo. The town is the third largest in the province after Pazardzhik and Velingrad and is the forty-fifth largest in Bulgaria. Peshtera is situated 4 km northeast of Snezhanka Cave.
Atoluka
Hamlet
Photo: Hristina Bumbarova, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Atoluka is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km southeast of Snezhanka Cave.
Rozovo
Village
Rozovo is a village located in Bratsigovo Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria. It is 4 km from Bratsigovo and 8 km from the village Ravnogor. Rozovo is situated 8 km east of Snezhanka Cave.
Snezhanka Cave
- Categories: show cave, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.00259° or 42° 0′ 9″ northLongitude
24.27746° or 24° 16′ 39″ eastOpen location code
8GJ6273G+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 1201948684OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q2295825
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Serbian—“Snezhanka Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف سنيجانكا”
- Bulgarian: “Снежанка”
- Chinese: “斯內然卡”
- Chinese: “斯内然卡”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سنيجانكا”
- German: “Sneschanka”
- Hebrew: “סנז’נקה”
- Hungarian: “Hófehérke-barlang”
- Serbian: “Пећина Снежанка”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Снежанка and Панорамна площадка.
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