Buhui cave
| Buhui Cave / Peştera Buhui
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| Location: | Anina , Caraș-Severin County , Romania | |
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Geographic location: |
45 ° 4 '27.1 " N , 21 ° 53' 14.6" E | |
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| Type: | Karst cave | |
| Discovery: | 1875 | |
| Overall length: | 3217 m | |
| Length of the show cave area: |
2100 m | |
| Particularities: | Longest cave in the Banat Mountains | |
The Buhui Cave (also Buhui Grotto , Romanian Peştera Buhui or Grota Buhui ) is a protected area in nature and landscape protection of IUCN Category IV . It is located in the Anina Mountains , on the area of the city of Anina , in the Caraș-Severin County , Romania .
Geographical location
The Buhui Cave is located three kilometers from the city of Anina and around four kilometers from the Buhui Lake .
description
The Buhui Cave was designated a nature reserve in 2000 as part of the Semenic-Cheile Carașului National Park . With a length of 3217 meters, it is the longest cave in the Banat Mountains . The cave was first scientifically recorded between 1875 and 1884 by the Austrian geologist and paleontologist Rudolf Hoernes .
The Buhui Cave has three entrances, the Certej entrance, the sinkhole entrance and the Buhui Grotto. The main gallery follows the underground course of the Buhui stream , the course of which has stilling pools and waterfalls . The last 400 meters of the gallery can only be negotiated by swimming or in a rubber dinghy.
The fossil side galleries include the Bear Hall , the Column Hall and the Cathedral Hall , which, like the main gallery, have numerous stalactite formations.
See also
Web links
- Video material: Lacul și Peștera Buhui (Romanian), accessed on February 2, 2014
- Peștera Buhui , (Romanian), accessed February 2, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Show and shaft caves in Caraș-Severin , accessed on February 2, 2014
- ^ Protected Areas of National Importance in Romania , Law No. 5 of March 6, 2000
- ↑ Peștera Buhui ( Memento from February 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 2, 2014
