Škocjan Caves (artificial entrance)
Škocjan Caves is a cave system located in Slovenia. Škocjan Caves was included on UNESCO’s list of natural and cultural World Heritage Sites in 1986. Škocjan Caves is a significant underground phenomenon on the Karst Plateau and in Slovenia.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Škocjan Caves Regional Park and Cerkev Svetega Kancijana.
Škocjan Caves Regional Park
Nature reserve
Škocjan Caves Regional Park is located in the Škocjan Karst, a vast flat landscape that lies at an elevation between 420 and 450 m in the southeast part of the Karst area.
Cerkev Svetega Kancijana
Church
Photo: Dean Zobec, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cerkev Svetega Kancijana is a church, which is situated 1 km northeast of Škocjan Caves (artificial entrance).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Matavun and Škocjan.
Matavun
Village
Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, CC BY 2.0.
Matavun is a settlement near the entrance to Škocjan Caves in the Municipality of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Škocjan
Hamlet
Photo: PetarM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Škocjan is a small settlement in the Municipality of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Nearby Škocjan Caves is named after the village. The local church is dedicated to Saint Cantianius and belongs to the parish of Rodik.
Betanja
Hamlet
Betanja is a small settlement above Matavun in the Municipality of Divača in the Littoral region of Slovenia.
Škocjan Caves (artificial entrance)
- Type: Cave
- Also known as: “Škocjanske jame (umetni vhod)”
- Category: landform
- Location: Municipality of Divača, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.66207° or 45° 39′ 43″ northLongitude
13.98448° or 13° 59′ 4″ eastOpen location code
8FQMMX6M+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 745986468OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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In Other Languages
“Škocjan Caves (artificial entrance)” goes by many names.
- German: “Škocjan-Höhlen (künstlicher Eingang)”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Preval and Jama v Škrljici.
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