Austriaca
Austriaca is a sinkhole in Municipality of Miren–Kostanjevica, Slovenia. Austriaca is situated nearby to the peak Veliko Medvejšče, as well as near the ruins U-shaped defensive positions from World War I.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sinkhole and Cerje.
Sinkhole
Meadow
Photo: Hendrik Dacquin, CC BY 2.0.
A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are also known as shakeholes, and to openings where surface water enters into underground passages known as ponor, swallow hole or swallet. Sinkhole is situated 1 km west of Austriaca.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vrtoče and Lokvica.
Vrtoče
Hamlet
Vrtoče is a dispersed settlement south of Bilje in the Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Lokvica
Hamlet
Lokvica is a settlement in the Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica in the Littoral region of Slovenia next to the border with Italy.
Orehovlje
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Orehovlje is a settlement next to Miren in the Municipality of Miren-Kostanjevica in the Littoral region of Slovenia. The local church is dedicated to Saint Augustine and belongs to the Parish of Miren. Orehovlje is situated 2½ km northwest of Austriaca.
Austriaca
- Type: Sinkhole
- Category: landform
- Location: Municipality of Miren–Kostanjevica, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.86966° or 45° 52′ 11″ northLongitude
13.62446° or 13° 37′ 28″ eastOpen location code
8FQMVJ9F+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 6252405121OpenStreetMap feature
natural=sinkhole
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Highlights include Veliko Medvejšče and U-shaped defensive positions from World War I.
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