Wielka Żabia Szpara
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 Siedem Granatów at the Meerauge mountain lake |
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| Location: | Siedem Granatów , Dolina Rybiego Potoku , High Tatras , Poland | |
| Height : | 1650 m npm | |
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Geographic location: |
49 ° 12 ′ 41 ″ N , 20 ° 5 ′ 25 ″ E | |
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| Geology: | granite | |
| Discovery: | 1970 | |
| Overall length: | 36 m | |
| Level difference: | 26 m | |
The Wielka Żabia Szpara cave is a cave in the Siedem Granatów massif above the Meerauge mountain lake in the Dolina Rybiego Potoku valley in the Polish High Tatras .
Location and description
The cave is approximately 36 meters long and approximately 26 meters deep. It has an opening at an altitude of 1650 m npm . The cave was discovered by A. Pawlak in the early 1970s and described by A. Lichota and W. Cywiński in 1998/1999.
etymology
The name Wielka Żabia Szpara can be translated as large frog column .
tourism
There is no hiking trail leading to the cave. Permission from the administration of the Tatra National Park is required to enter the cave .
literature
- Zofia Radwańska-Paryska, Witold Henryk Paryski, Wielka encyklopedia tatrzańska , Poronin, Wyd. Górskie, 2004, ISBN 83-7104-009-1 .
- Tatry Wysokie słowackie i polskie. Mapa turystyczna 1: 25.000, Warszawa, 2005/06, Polkart ISBN 83-87873-26-8 .