Ponor
A ponor is a natural opening where surface water enters into underground passages; they may be found in karst landscapes where the geology and the geomorphology is typically dominated by porous limestone rock.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Geolina163, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Sinkhole
- Description: karstic cave formation that drains into a subterranean water system
- Also known as: “ponor” and “swallowhole”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Istállós-kő and Körös Cave.
Istállós-kő
Peak
Photo: Gyurika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Istállós-kő is a mountain in Hungary. With a height of 958.1 metres above sea level, it is the second highest mountain of the Bükk mountains and the sixth highest of Hungary. Istállós-kő is situated 3 km west of Ponor.
Bálvány
Peak
Photo: Pear Blossom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bálvány is a peak, which is situated 3 km north of Ponor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ómassa and Bélapátfalva.
Ómassa
Hamlet
Photo: Alensha, Public domain.
Ómassa is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km northeast of Ponor.
Bélapátfalva
Photo: Hu Totya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bélapátfalva is a town in Heves County, in Hungary, located north of the city of Eger. The town is located inside the Eger river valley at an altitude of 311 meters above sea level.
Ponor
- Category: landform
- Location: Heves County, Northern Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.07375° or 48° 4′ 26″ northLongitude
20.47023° or 20° 28′ 13″ eastOpen location code
8GW23FFC+G3OpenStreetMap ID
node 8037378517OpenStreetMap feature
natural=sinkholeWikidata ID
Q847016
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Ponor” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بونور”
- Arabic: “سرداب عمودي”
- Aragonese: “Trucho”
- Azerbaijani: “Ponor”
- Basque: “Sarbegi puntual”
- Basque: “Sarbegi”
- Bulgarian: “Губилище”
- Bulgarian: “Понор”
- Catalan: “ponor”
- Chinese: “河流落水洞”
- Croatian: “ponor”
- Croatian: “Ponor”
- Czech: “ponor”
- Czech: “Ponor”
- Danish: “Ponor”
- Dutch: “ponor”
- Dutch: “Ponor”
- Esperanto: “Ponoro”
- French: “ponor”
- French: “Ponor”
- Galician: “Pónor”
- Georgian: “პონორი”
- German: “Bachschwinde”
- German: “Katavothra”
- German: “Katavothre”
- German: “Ponor”
- German: “Schluckloch”
- German: “Schwalchloch”
- German: “Schwalgloch”
- German: “Sinkhole”
- German: “Wasserschwinde”
- Greek: “Καταβόθρα”
- Hungarian: “töbör”
- Hungarian: “Töbör”
- Indonesian: “Langgah”
- Italian: “inghiottitoio”
- Italian: “Inghiottitoio”
- Japanese: “ポナー”
- Japanese: “ポノール”
- Korean: “포노르”
- Macedonian: “понор”
- Polish: “Ponor”
- Polish: “Wchłon”
- Portuguese: “Ponor”
- Romanian: “Ponor”
- Russian: “понор”
- Russian: “Понор”
- Serbian: “Понор (геоморфологија)”
- Serbian: “Понор”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ponor”
- Slovenian: “ponikva”
- Slovenian: “Ponor in požiralnik”
- Slovenian: “ponor”
- Slovenian: “požiralnik”
- Spanish: “Ponor”
- Spanish: “Pónor”
- Spanish: “Sumideros”
- Turkish: “düden”
- Turkish: “Düden”
- Ukrainian: “понори”
- Ukrainian: “Понори”
- Venetian: “ponor”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fekete-sári-hasadék and Fekete-sári-átjáró.
Nearby Places
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