Važecká jaskyňa
| Važecká jaskyňa
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 Stalactites , stalagmites , sinter curtains and a stalagnate |
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| Location: | Važec municipality | |
| Height : | 784 m nm | |
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Geographic location: |
49 ° 3 ′ 20 ″ N , 19 ° 58 ′ 19 ″ E | |
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| Geology: | Gutenstein lime | |
| Type: | Stalactite cave | |
| Discovery: | 1922 | |
| Show cave since: | 1954 | |
| Lighting: | electric | |
| Overall length: | 530 m | |
| Length of the show cave area: |
235 m | |
| Website: | http://www.ssj.sk/jaskyne/spristupnene/vazecka/ | |
The Važecká jaskyňa (German Važec stalactite cave ) is a stalactite cave in the Kozie Chrbty Mountains immediately south of the municipality of Važec ( Okres Liptovský Mikuláš ) in northern Slovakia . The cave is 530 m long, of which a 235 m long part is operated as a show cave .
The entrance area has been known to the local population for a long time; a further investigation of the lower part did not take place until 1922. It was made provisional in 1928, but only permanently since 1954. Since 1968 it has been protected as a national natural monument.
The cave was formed in the Mesozoic Gutenstein Limestone of the Middle Triassic under the influence of an underground arm of the Biely Váh river . Stalactites, stalagmites and sinter lakes decorate the underground rooms. The paleontological sites of the bones of the cave bear ( Ursus spelaeus ) are important. Bats are less common.
The relative humidity in the cave is 94 to 96% and the air temperature is 6.5 to 7.1 ° C.
Web links
- Information from the Slovak cave administration in German
- Description of the Slovak caves on Mineraly.sk
- Short entry on sopsr.sk