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The list of caves in Croatia includes 49 of which are deeper than 250 m (820 ft), 14 of them deeper than 500 m (1,640 ft) and three deeper than 1,000 m (3,281 ft). The karst geology harbours a total of approximately 7,000 caves and pits.[1]

Deepest caves

Name Depth Length Geology and notes
Velebit caves - Lukina jama &100000000000013920000001,392 m (4,567 ft) [1][2]
Velebit caves - Slovačka jama &100000000000013200000001,320 m (4,330 ft) [2]
Velebit caves - near Crikvena &100000000000010340000001,034 m (3,392 ft) [2]
Biokovo caves - Amfora Pit &10000000000000788000000788 m (2,585 ft) [2]
Velebit caves - Meduza &10000000000000679000000679 m (2,228 ft) [2]
Biokovo caves - Stara škola &10000000000000576000000576 m (1,890 ft) [2]
Biokovo caves - Vilimova jama &10000000000000572000000572 m (1,877 ft) [2]
Velebit caves - Patkov Gušt &10000000000000553000000553 m (1,814 ft) [2]
Velebit caves - Jama Olimp &10000000000000537000000537 m (1,762 ft) [2]
Velebit caves - Ledena jama u Lomskoj dulibi &10000000000000536000000536 m (1,759 ft) [2]
Stupina jama &10000000000000413000000413 m (1,355 ft) &10000000000000251000000251 m (823 ft) Deepest cave in Gorski Kotar.[3]

Longest caves

Name Depth Length Geology and notes
Medvednica caves - Đulin ponor &1000000000001639600000016,396 m (53,793 ft) [1][2]
Varićakova špilja - Panjkov ponor &1000000000001238500000012,385 m (40,633 ft) [2]
Jama Kita Gaćešina &100000000000085500000008,550 m (28,050 ft) [2]
Tounj quarry cave &100000000000084870000008,487 m (27,844 ft) [2]
Veternica cave &100000000000071280000007,128 m (23,386 ft) [2]

Other notable caves

Name Depth Length Geology and notes
Caves of Barać [4]
Biserujka &10000000000000110000000110 m (360 ft) Near Dobrinj, on the island of Krk.
Crveno jezero (the Red Lake) near Imotski

References

  1. ^ a b c (PDF) Biodiversity of Croatia. State Institute for Nature Protection, Ministry of Culture (Croatia). 2006. ISBN 953-7169-20-0. http://www.vukovarsko-srijemska-zupanija.com/upload/paragrafi_upload/2011-3-21_58011335_BiodiversityofCroatia.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Deepest and longest speleological sites in Croatia – Situation as in September 2007". Statistical Yearbook. Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2009. p. 49. http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv_Eng/ljetopis/2009/PDF/01-bind.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  3. ^ http://www.speleologija.hr/stupinajama/index.html
  4. ^ http://www.baraceve-spilje.hr/povijest_eng.html

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