Veternica

Veternica is a cave located on mountain in , . At 7,128 metres long, with a depth of 50 metres and a vertical difference over 200 metres, it is the longest known cave on its massif, and an estimated 6 km or more remain unexplored.
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Photo: Carbonbasedlifeforms, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Velebitaška jama and St. Joseph the Worker Church, Zagreb.

Cave
, also known as Batinova jama or Jama na Jazbinjaku, is the deepest pit cave and second deepest cave on the massif behind Veternica, at 45 m, at one point the deepest. is situated 680 metres northwest of Veternica.

Church
Photo: Baltabar, CC BY 4.0.
is situated 2 km south of Veternica.

Hospital
Photo: Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3½ km southeast of Veternica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gajnice and Ivanec Bistranski.

Quarter
Photo: Zvonimir Bužanić, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a quarter, which is situated 2½ km south of Veternica.

Village
is a naselje in the town of , , . According to the 2011 census, it has 937 inhabitants living in an area of 6.65 square kilometers. is situated 3 km west of Veternica.

Quarter
is a neighborhood of western , the capital of . It is administratively part of the district Podsused—Vrapče. consists of Donje and Gornje . is situated 4 km southeast of Veternica.

Veternica

Latitude
45.84114° or 45° 50′ 28″ north
Longitude
15.87365° or 15° 52′ 25″ east
Elevation
306 metres (1,004 feet)
Open location code
8FQQRVRF+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1297041252
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Wiki­data ID
Q12749707
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Serbo-Croatian—“Veternica” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Ветерница”
  • Croatian: “Veternica”
  • Hungarian: “Veternica”
  • Serbian: “Ветерница (пећина)”
  • Serbian: “Ветерница (спиља)”
  • Serbian: “Ветерница”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Veternica”

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