Pivka Jama
Pivka Jama is a cave in Postojna, Coast and Karst. Pivka Jama is situated nearby to the climbing site Kozja jama, as well as near Black Cave.Photo: Sl-Ziga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Black Cave and Otok Cave.
Black Cave
Cave
Photo: Sl-Ziga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Black Cave is situated 590 metres south of Pivka Jama.
Betal Rock Shelter
Archaeological site
Photo: Sl-Ziga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Betal Rock Shelter, a karst cave located on the south-eastern edge of the Lower Pivka Valley on a slope just above the road from Postojna to Bukovje, is a site where rich cultural sediment layers with remains of stone tools, artifacts, and numerous fossilized bones of contemporary animals were found. Betal Rock Shelter is situated 2 km southwest of Pivka Jama.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Veliki Otok and Zagon.
Veliki Otok
Village
Zagon
Village
Zagon is a village northwest of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. The local church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Notburga and belongs to the Parish of Postojna. Zagon is situated 2½ km southwest of Pivka Jama.
Lohača
Hamlet
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lohača is a small village in the hills west of Planina in the Municipality of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Lohača is situated 2½ km north of Pivka Jama.
Pivka Jama
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Slovenia
- Category: landform
- Location: Postojna, Coast and Karst, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
45.80461° or 45° 48′ 17″ northLongitude
14.2046° or 14° 12′ 17″ eastOpen location code
8FQPR633+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 2389122744OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q2097465
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In Other Languages
From Croatian to Slovenian—“Pivka Jama” goes by many names.
- Croatian: “Pivka jama”
- German: “Pivka Jama”
- Italian: “Abisso del Piuca”
- Italian: “Abisso della Piuca”
- Italian: “Grotta della Piuca”
- Polish: “Pivka Jama”
- Slovenian: “Pivka jama”
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Highlights include Pivka Jama and Kozja jama.
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