List of caves in Croatia
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Cave
A cave or cavern is a natural underground space large enough for a human to enter. The term applies to natural cavities some part of which is in total darkness. The word cave also includes smaller spaces like rock shelters, sea caves, and grottos.Speleology is the science of exploration and study...

s in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

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 1000 m (3,281 ft). The karst
KARST
Kilometer-square Area Radio Synthesis Telescope is a Chinese telescope project to which FAST is a forerunner. KARST is a set of large spherical reflectors on karst landforms, which are bowlshaped limestone sinkholes named after the Kras region in Slovenia and Northern Italy. It will consist of...

 geology harbours a total of approximately 7,000 caves and pits.

Deepest caves

Name Depth Length Geology and notes
Velebit caves
Velebit caves
The Velebit mountain of Croatia has several deep caves with some of the world's largest subterranean vertical drops."Lukina jama" cave is 1392 m deep , the deepest cave in Croatia and the deepest in southeast Europe...

 - Lukina jama
1392 m (4,566.9 ft)
Velebit caves
Velebit caves
The Velebit mountain of Croatia has several deep caves with some of the world's largest subterranean vertical drops."Lukina jama" cave is 1392 m deep , the deepest cave in Croatia and the deepest in southeast Europe...

 - Slovačka jama
1320 m (4,330.7 ft)
Velebit caves
Velebit caves
The Velebit mountain of Croatia has several deep caves with some of the world's largest subterranean vertical drops."Lukina jama" cave is 1392 m deep , the deepest cave in Croatia and the deepest in southeast Europe...

 - near Crikvena
1034 m (3,392.4 ft)
Biokovo
Biokovo
Biokovo is the second-highest mountain range in Croatia, located along the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, between the rivers of Cetina and Neretva...

 caves - Amfora Pit
788 m (2,585.3 ft)
Velebit caves
Velebit caves
The Velebit mountain of Croatia has several deep caves with some of the world's largest subterranean vertical drops."Lukina jama" cave is 1392 m deep , the deepest cave in Croatia and the deepest in southeast Europe...

 - Meduza
679 m (2,227.7 ft)
Biokovo
Biokovo
Biokovo is the second-highest mountain range in Croatia, located along the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, between the rivers of Cetina and Neretva...

 caves - Stara škola
576 m (1,889.8 ft)
Biokovo
Biokovo
Biokovo is the second-highest mountain range in Croatia, located along the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, between the rivers of Cetina and Neretva...

 caves - Vilimova jama
572 m (1,876.6 ft)
Velebit caves
Velebit caves
The Velebit mountain of Croatia has several deep caves with some of the world's largest subterranean vertical drops."Lukina jama" cave is 1392 m deep , the deepest cave in Croatia and the deepest in southeast Europe...

 - Patkov Gušt
553 m (1,814.3 ft)
Velebit caves
Velebit caves
The Velebit mountain of Croatia has several deep caves with some of the world's largest subterranean vertical drops."Lukina jama" cave is 1392 m deep , the deepest cave in Croatia and the deepest in southeast Europe...

 - Jama Olimp
537 m (1,761.8 ft)
Velebit caves
Velebit caves
The Velebit mountain of Croatia has several deep caves with some of the world's largest subterranean vertical drops."Lukina jama" cave is 1392 m deep , the deepest cave in Croatia and the deepest in southeast Europe...

 - Ledena jama u Lomskoj dulibi
536 m (1,758.5 ft)
Stupina jama 413 m (1,355 ft) 251 m (823.5 ft) Deepest cave in Gorski Kotar
Gorski kotar
Gorski kotar is the mountainous region in Croatia between Karlovac and Rijeka. Together with Lika and the Ogulin-Plaški valley it forms Mountainous Croatia. Because 63% of its surface is forested it is popularly called the green lungs of Croatia or Croatian Switzerland...

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Longest caves

Name Depth Length Geology and notes
Medvednica
Medvednica
Medvednica is a mountain in central Croatia, just north of Zagreb and marking the southern border of the historic region of Zagorje. The highest peak, at 1,035 m, is Sljeme. Most of the area of Medvednica is a nature park , a type of preservation lesser than a national park...

 caves - Đulin ponor
16396 m (53,792.7 ft)
Varićakova špilja - Panjkov ponor 12385 m (40,633.2 ft)
Jama Kita Gaćešina 8550 m (28,051.2 ft)
Tounj quarry cave 8487 m (27,844.5 ft)
Veternica cave 7128 m (23,385.8 ft)

Other notable caves

Name Depth Length Geology and notes
Caves of Barać
Biserujka
Biserujka
Biserujka is a cave located 6 km northeast of Dobrinj, in the village of Rudine, above Slivanjska Bay, in the island of Krk, Croatia.An undistinguished stone house in the middle of a bare karst landscape hides the entrance to a cave 12 m under the surface...

110 m (360.9 ft) Near Dobrinj
Dobrinj
Dobrinj is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia, on the island of Krk. There are 1,970 inhabitants, with 91% Croats.The settlements in the municipality are:* Čižići* Dobrinj* Dolovo* Gabonjin* Gostinjac* Hlapa...

, on the island of Krk
Krk
Krk is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county....

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Crveno jezero
Crveno Jezero
Red Lake is a sinkhole containing a karst lake near the city of Imotski, Croatia. It is known for its numerous caves and remarkably high cliffs, reaching over 241 metres above normal water level and continuing below the water level...

 (the Red Lake)
near Imotski
Imotski
Imotski , is a small town situated on the northern side of Biokovo massif, Dalmatian hinterland, Croatia. The town was first mentioned as Imotski for the first time in the 10th century and it was held by the Turks from the fall of Bosnia until 1717 when it was captured by the Venetians. The town...

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