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Caves and potholes of Slovenia

The catalogue of Slovenia lists 14,695 caves, including 11,525 potholes and 2,077 caves.

14,695 caves

Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 14,695. Without depth data: 14,695. Without known lithology: 14,695.

Map

Municipalities

Kočevje

1,230 caves
158 caves · 1,028 shafts · 44 other cavities

Bovec

1,153 caves
78 caves · 1,046 shafts · 29 other cavities

Logatec

718 caves
87 caves · 585 shafts · 46 other cavities

Sežana

701 caves
39 caves · 606 shafts · 56 other cavities

Ilirska Bistrica

683 caves
46 caves · 586 shafts · 51 other cavities

Bohinj

670 caves
112 caves · 518 shafts · 40 other cavities

Postojna

593 caves
99 caves · 428 shafts · 66 other cavities

Črnomelj

582 caves
44 caves · 513 shafts · 25 other cavities

Hrpelje-Kozina

564 caves
57 caves · 471 shafts · 36 other cavities

Cerknica

515 caves
90 caves · 371 shafts · 54 other cavities

Luče

428 caves
46 caves · 346 shafts · 36 other cavities

Dolenjske Toplice

394 caves
25 caves · 359 shafts · 10 other cavities

Idrija

306 caves
40 caves · 236 shafts · 30 other cavities

Loška dolina

271 caves
17 caves · 233 shafts · 21 other cavities

Nova Gorica

248 caves
18 caves · 218 shafts · 12 other cavities

Ribnica

227 caves
26 caves · 191 shafts · 10 other cavities

Kamnik

226 caves
44 caves · 158 shafts · 24 other cavities

Žužemberk

225 caves
12 caves · 197 shafts · 16 other cavities

Ajdovščina

224 caves
25 caves · 188 shafts · 11 other cavities

Semič

224 caves
17 caves · 198 shafts · 9 other cavities

Dobrepolje

214 caves
25 caves · 179 shafts · 10 other cavities

Novo mesto

213 caves
30 caves · 156 shafts · 27 other cavities

Vrhnika

213 caves
21 caves · 172 shafts · 20 other cavities

Miren-Kostanjevica

208 caves
86 caves · 106 shafts · 16 other cavities

Ivančna Gorica

191 caves
19 caves · 167 shafts · 5 other cavities

Pivka

187 caves
12 caves · 146 shafts · 29 other cavities

Komen

169 caves
17 caves · 137 shafts · 15 other cavities

Koper

162 caves
35 caves · 104 shafts · 23 other cavities

Radovljica

152 caves
18 caves · 124 shafts · 10 other cavities

Divača

125 caves
21 caves · 88 shafts · 16 other cavities

Tolmin

121 caves
33 caves · 83 shafts · 5 other cavities

Železniki

121 caves
12 caves · 105 shafts · 4 other cavities

Loški Potok

106 caves
17 caves · 85 shafts · 4 other cavities

Kobarid

101 caves
16 caves · 78 shafts · 7 other cavities

Šoštanj

98 caves
43 caves · 39 shafts · 16 other cavities

Gorje

92 caves
24 caves · 58 shafts · 10 other cavities

Trebnje

86 caves
13 caves · 69 shafts · 4 other cavities

Grosuplje

84 caves
14 caves · 63 shafts · 7 other cavities

Bled

79 caves
11 caves · 62 shafts · 6 other cavities

Vipava

73 caves
11 caves · 55 shafts · 7 other cavities

Kranj

66 caves
13 caves · 46 shafts · 7 other cavities

Mozirje

53 caves
28 caves · 21 shafts · 4 other cavities

Škofja Loka

53 caves
20 caves · 26 shafts · 7 other cavities

Brezovica

52 caves
3 caves · 45 shafts · 4 other cavities

Ig

52 caves
5 caves · 38 shafts · 9 other cavities

Kanal

46 caves
9 caves · 32 shafts · 5 other cavities

Kostanjevica na Krki

46 caves
6 caves · 37 shafts · 3 other cavities

Velenje

46 caves
16 caves · 28 shafts · 2 other cavities

Velike Lašče

45 caves
12 caves · 27 shafts · 6 other cavities

Mirna Peč

44 caves
5 caves · 36 shafts · 3 other cavities

Solčava

43 caves
20 caves · 19 shafts · 4 other cavities

Žalec

42 caves
21 caves · 19 shafts · 2 other cavities

Kranjska Gora

41 caves
6 caves · 28 shafts · 7 other cavities

Metlika

41 caves
9 caves · 27 shafts · 5 other cavities

Nazarje

39 caves
14 caves · 21 shafts · 4 other cavities

Polzela

35 caves
17 caves · 16 shafts · 2 other cavities

Kostel

34 caves
6 caves · 23 shafts · 5 other cavities

Krško

33 caves
10 caves · 14 shafts · 9 other cavities

Litija

32 caves
8 caves · 14 shafts · 10 other cavities

Mislinja

32 caves
15 caves · 11 shafts · 6 other cavities

Osilnica

29 caves
11 caves · 7 shafts · 11 other cavities

Domžale

28 caves
6 caves · 19 shafts · 3 other cavities

Brežice

26 caves
8 caves · 18 shafts

Dobrova-Polhov Gradec

26 caves
5 caves · 17 shafts · 4 other cavities

Borovnica

25 caves
6 caves · 16 shafts · 3 other cavities

Cerkno

24 caves
7 caves · 12 shafts · 5 other cavities

Gorenja vas-Poljane

22 caves
6 caves · 13 shafts · 3 other cavities

Ljubno

21 caves
11 caves · 7 shafts · 3 other cavities

Vransko

21 caves
10 caves · 10 shafts · 1 other cavity

Žiri

21 caves
9 caves · 9 shafts · 3 other cavities

Medvode

20 caves
8 caves · 5 shafts · 7 other cavities

Sevnica

20 caves
8 caves · 9 shafts · 3 other cavities

Zagorje ob Savi

20 caves
4 caves · 14 shafts · 2 other cavities

Cerklje na Gorenjskem

19 caves
5 caves · 13 shafts · 1 other cavity

Laško

19 caves
7 caves · 7 shafts · 5 other cavities

Mengeš

18 caves
4 caves · 13 shafts · 1 other cavity

Moravče

18 caves
7 caves · 9 shafts · 2 other cavities

Naklo

18 caves
11 caves · 4 shafts · 3 other cavities

Straža

18 caves
7 caves · 10 shafts · 1 other cavity

Šmarješke Toplice

16 caves
4 caves · 6 shafts · 6 other cavities

Horjul

15 caves
4 caves · 11 shafts

Tržič

15 caves
7 caves · 7 shafts · 1 other cavity

Jezersko

14 caves
6 caves · 7 shafts · 1 other cavity

Ljubljana

14 caves
3 caves · 9 shafts · 2 other cavities

Preddvor

14 caves
9 shafts · 5 other cavities

Makole

13 caves
3 caves · 7 shafts · 3 other cavities

Celje

12 caves
3 caves · 8 shafts · 1 other cavity

Mokronog-Trebelno

12 caves
1 cave · 10 shafts · 1 other cavity

Prebold

12 caves
2 caves · 4 shafts · 6 other cavities

Radlje ob Dravi

11 caves
6 caves · 4 shafts · 1 other cavity

Vodice

11 caves
2 caves · 9 shafts

Bloke

10 caves
3 caves · 7 shafts

Brda

10 caves
2 caves · 8 shafts

Rečica ob Savinji

10 caves
3 caves · 6 shafts · 1 other cavity

Slovenj Gradec

10 caves
3 caves · 5 shafts · 2 other cavities

Črna na Koroškem

9 caves
3 caves · 3 shafts · 3 other cavities

Kozje

9 caves
6 caves · 2 shafts · 1 other cavity

Šmartno ob Paki

9 caves
2 caves · 5 shafts · 2 other cavities

Šentjur

8 caves
1 cave · 5 shafts · 2 other cavities

Tabor

7 caves
1 cave · 3 shafts · 3 other cavities

Vojnik

7 caves
2 caves · 2 shafts · 3 other cavities

Zreče

7 caves
5 caves · 1 shaft · 1 other cavity

Hrastnik

6 caves
2 caves · 2 shafts · 2 other cavities

Žirovnica

5 caves
1 cave · 2 shafts · 2 other cavities

Poljčane

4 caves
2 caves · 1 shaft · 1 other cavity

Radeče

4 caves
2 shafts · 2 other cavities

Rogaška Slatina

4 caves
2 caves · 2 other cavities

Škocjan

4 caves
2 caves · 2 shafts

Štore

4 caves
1 cave · 2 shafts · 1 other cavity

Lenart

3 caves
2 caves · 1 shaft

Ravne na Koroškem

3 caves
1 cave · 1 shaft · 1 other cavity

Prevalje

2 caves
1 shaft · 1 other cavity

Šenčur

2 caves
No published measurements

Trzin

2 caves
1 cave · 1 shaft

Mežica

1 cave
No published measurements

Slovenska Bistrica

1 cave
No published measurements

The figures of these places do not add up to the total: a cave can be in more than one place, or in none when its location has no lower level.