Slovenia
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Postojna

Planina Cave

Planina Cave, formerly also Little Castle Cave after in the vicinity of its entrance, is one of the longest active caves. It is a huge tunnel and the subterranean bed of the Unica River.
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Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Cave
  • Description: cave in Slovenia
  • Also known as: “Little Castle Cave”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mali grad, Planina and Cerkev Sv. Duha.

Castle
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
is a castle, which is situated 330 metres northeast of Planina Cave.

Ruins
Photo: Ajznponar, CC0.
is a ruins, which is situated 1½ km north of Planina Cave.

Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , less often the Postojna Gap, named after the local town of , is a major mountain pass of the Dinaric Alps. It lies in southwestern , between the to the north and the to the south, at an elevation of 610 metres. is situated 3 km south of Planina Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Planina and Liplje.

Village
Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY 4.0.
is a in the Municipality of Postojna in the region of .

Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small settlement north of in the Municipality of Postojna in the region of . is situated 3 km north of Planina Cave.

Hamlet
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small in the hills west of in the Municipality of Postojna in the region of . is situated 3 km west of Planina Cave.

Planina Cave

Latitude
45.81986° or 45° 49′ 12″ north
Longitude
14.24556° or 14° 14′ 44″ east
Open location code
8FQPR69W+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1996496008
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Wiki­data ID
Q7201290
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Slovenian—“Planina Cave” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Planina leizea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف بلانينا”
  • German: “Planina-Höhle”
  • Japanese: “プラニナ洞窟”
  • Polish: “Planinska Jama”
  • Slovenian: “Malograjska jama”
  • Slovenian: “Planinska jama”

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Highlights include Jamarsko društvo Planina and Zeleni vrh.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Planina Cave”. Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 3.0.