List of stalactite caves

This article is a list of stalactite caves .

Dripstone caves in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• The Hrustovačka Cave (Hrustovačka pećina) is a largely unknown stalactite cave in northwestern Bosnia.

Dripstone caves in Germany

• The Atta cave has a large number of stalactites, including extraordinary sintered plumes
• A reconstructed skeleton of a cave bear is exhibited in the Karls- und Bärenhöhle . The Karlshöhle near Sonnenbühl is connected to it.
• The Bilstein Cave near Warstein in the northern Sauerland is a show cave with an active, water-filled lower floor and a culture cave (finds from the Mesolithic , the bell-jar fields, urn fields and the Iron Age ) with robust sintered decorations
• The Bing cave near Streitberg in Franconian Switzerland is a 300 meter long, now dry, former river cave. It was discovered in 1905 and is known as the stalactite gallery cave . Numerous stalactites of various types formed in the course of the river.
• The Charlottenhöhle is a show cave in Hürben.
• The Dechenhöhle is a show cave in Iserlohn in the Sauerland; next to her is the German Cave Museum
• The Syrau Dragon Cave has some unusual stalactite formations, for example the elephant's ear .
• The Eberstadt stalactite cave with a length of about 600 meters was discovered in 1971 in the shell limestone near Buchen (Odenwald) .
• The fairy grottoes near Saalfeld are famous for their colored stalactites.
• The autumn labyrinth near Breitscheid in the Westerwald was only discovered in 1993 and is the largest cave system in Hesse. The most diverse types of stalactites occur here.
• The Iberg stalactite cave near Bad Grund (Harz) has been one of the famous show caves since 1874 .
• The part of the König-Otto-Tropfsteinhöhle , which has been known for centuries, is badly damaged, but the newly discovered Advent hall has an overwhelming collection of dripstones. This also includes crystal turf , water level marks and sintered pearls .
• The Laichinger Tiefenhöhle is one of the deepest stalactite caves in Germany.
• The Nebelhöhle has the residue of a sawed-off stalagmites, which after the Second World War to the restoration of the Ludwigsburg castle was used
• The Sophienhöhle has the millionaire , a massive stalagmite that, despite the name, has not reached the age of a million years. Together with the stalactite above and the framing sintered flags, it represents an impressive formation
• The Teufelshöhle near Pottenstein is one of the largest stalactite caves in Germany with a total length of 3000 meters, of which a good half has been made accessible for guided tours. Special sights of this cave are the Nibelungen grotto with its sintered columns and the striking stalagmite named after Emperor Barbarossa , in the center of the Barbarossadom .

Dripstone caves in Greece

• The caves of Pyrgos Dirou near Areopoli are one of the main tourist attractions of the Mani peninsula in the Peloponnese .
• On the island of Crete , near Rethymnon, near the small town of Melidoni, there is the stalactite cave of the same name with a Christian altar in the main room.
• In the border area of ​​the provinces of Macedonia and Thrace there is the Alistrati Cave with very rare stalactite formations such as the largest disc in the world and the Agiti Cave, which is characterized by the peculiarity of an underground river, which is why only stalactites, but no stalagmites, can be seen here .
• The Melissani and Drogarati caves in Kefalonia.

Dripstone caves in Ireland

• Killavullen Caves

Stalactite caves in Italy

• The Grotta Grande del Vento , Vergemoli is probably the most beautiful Italian cave, with a 70 meter high entrance hall and 30 meter high, gleaming white stalagmites of plates.
• At the end of the Grotte di Castellana there are stalactites and stalagmites that have been encrusted with calcite crystals in the standing water .
• The Grotte di Toirano are several caves in the karst area of ​​the Ligurian albums near Toirano , with some very large stalagmites, such as the 8 meter high tower of Pisa , the famous "concrezioni mamellonari" , finds by Ursus spelaeus , traces of Homo heidelbergensis , traces of our ancestors from the Stone Age and the Romans

Dripstone caves in Croatia

• On the island of Krk is located near the village of Rudine , the Biserujka -Höhle.

Dripstone caves in Austria

• The Katerloch is the most stalactite cave in Austria. It is located near Dürntal ( municipality of Naas ) in Styria.
• The Obir stalactite caves were opened as show caves only a few years ago and have many exceptionally beautiful white stalactites.
• The Gassel stalactite cave is home to a rich stalactite deposit and a special sintered form, the cave pearls .
• The Hermannshöhle in Lower Austria near Kirchberg am Wechsel is set up as a show cave.
• The Lurgrotte is the largest active water cave in Austria. It is located about 25 kilometers north of Graz .
• The Griffner stalactite cave is due to its colorful stalactite formations as the "most colorful stalactite cave in Austria"

Dripstone caves in Slovakia

• Demänová stalactite cave

Dripstone caves in Slovenia

• The first part of the Škocjan Caves (St. Kanzian) contains plate-stacked stalagmites that grow larger from room to room, the second part contains imposing sinter basins .
• The Postojna caves include a length of about 20 kilometers of the largest undeveloped tourist caves. Some of them are driven by a mini train.

Dripstone caves in Spain

• Coves del Drac (in German: Drachenhöhlen), stalactite cave near Porto Cristo , Mallorca , with the largest underground lake in Europe.
• Cueva de Nerja , stalactite cave near Nerja , southern Spain

Dripstone caves in the Czech Republic

• Punk caves in the Moravian Karst

Stalactite caves in Turkey

• The approximately 250 m long Dilek Mağarası (also Astım Mağaras ı, German asthma cave ) near Narlıkuyu on the Turkish south coast is one of the Koryk caves . It is illuminated and made accessible to visitors. The air in the cave is said to have a therapeutic effect.

Stalactite caves in the USA

• Lechuguilla Cave , the “most beautiful cave in the world”, as the title of what is probably the most famous book about the cave, is not a show cave. It has every imaginable stalactite shape.
• The Carlsbad Caverns next door give at least a small impression .
• Crystal Cave , Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, California. The Crystal Cave is the only one of eight caves in the national park that is open to the public. Four unique animal species live in the waters of the Crystal Cave. They are invertebrates (spiders and woodlice).
• Oregon Caves National Monument near Medford, Oregon. A stalactite cave in marble.
• Timpanogos Cave National Monument , south of Salt Lake City, Utah. With a variety of sinter formations, including the rare eccentrics .
• Kartchner Caverns State Park , south of Benson, Arizona.
• Luray Caverns , Virginia.
• Skyline Caverns , Virginia.

See also

• List of show caves in Germany

Web links

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