List of caves in Croatia

This list of caves in Croatia includes 49 which are deeper than 250 m (820 ft), 14 deeper than 500 m (1,640 ft) and three deeper than 1,000 m (3,281 ft). The karst geology harbours a total of approximately 7,000 caves and pits.^[1]

Deepest caves

Name	Depth	Length	Geology and notes
Velebit caves - Lukina jama	1,392 m (4,567 ft)		[1][2]
Velebit caves - Slovačka jama	1,320 m (4,330 ft)		[2]
Velebit caves - near Crikvena	1,034 m (3,392 ft)		[2]
Biokovo caves - Amfora Pit	788 m (2,585 ft)		[2]
Velebit caves - Meduza	679 m (2,228 ft)		[2]
Biokovo caves - Stara škola	576 m (1,890 ft)		[2]
Biokovo caves - Vilimova jama	572 m (1,877 ft)		[2]
Velebit caves - Patkov Gušt	553 m (1,814 ft)		[2]
Velebit caves - Jama Olimp	537 m (1,762 ft)		[2]
Velebit caves - Ledena jama u Lomskoj dulibi	536 m (1,759 ft)		[2]
Stupina jama	413 m (1,355 ft)	251 m (823 ft)	Deepest cave in Gorski Kotar[3]

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Longest caves

Name	Depth	Length	Geology and notes
Medvedica caves - Đulin ponor		16,396 m (53,793 ft)	[1][2]
Varićakova špilja - Panjkov ponor		12,385 m (40,633 ft)	[2]
Jama Kita Gaćešina		8,550 m (28,050 ft)	[2]
Tounj quarry cave		8,487 m (27,844 ft)	[2]
Veternica cave		7,128 m (23,386 ft)	[2]

Other notable caves

Name	Depth	Length	Geology and notes
Caves of Barać			[4]
Baredine Cave	60 m (200 ft)	132 m (433 ft)	[5]
Biserujka		110 m (360 ft)	Near Dobrinj, on the island of Krk
Crveno jezero (the Red Lake)			Near Imotski
Vrtare Male	30 m (98 ft)		Contains megafauna remains from the last ice age[6]

References

1. Jasminka Radović; Kristijan Čivić; Ramona Topić, eds. (2006). Biodiversity of Croatia (PDF). State Institute for Nature Protection, Ministry of Culture (Croatia). ISBN 953-7169-20-0. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
2. "Deepest and longest speleological sites in Croatia – Situation as in September 2007" (PDF). Statistical Yearbook. Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2009. p. 49. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
3. http://www.speleologija.hr/stupinajama/index.html
4. http://www.baraceve-spilje.hr/povijest_eng.html
5. Baredine, jama kraj Poreča at istrapedia.hr (Croatian)
6. "U Dramlju pronađen najveći špiljski lav". Jutarnji list. 4 October 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

Sources

• The Speleological Committee of the Croatian Mountaineering Association, ed. (2011-11-14). "Croatian caves deeper than 250 m / longer than 1000 m". Croatian Mountaineering Association. Retrieved 2011-11-21.

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