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]
Crnopac cave system [de]	830 m (2,720 ft)		[3]
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[4]

Longest caves

Name	Length	Depth	Geology and notes
Crnopac cave system [de]	59.030 km (36.68 mi)	830 m (2,720 ft)	[5]
Medvedica caves – Đulin ponor	16,396 m (53,793 ft)		[1][2]
Varićakova špilja – Panjkov ponor	12,385 m (40,633 ft)		[2]
Tounj quarry cave	8,487 m (27,844 ft)		[2]
Veternica	7,128 m (23,386 ft)	50 m (160 ft)	[2]
Javornica kod Bizeka	330 m (1,080 ft)	28 m (92 ft)	[6]
Sutinščica	254 m (833 ft)	5.5 m (18 ft)	[7][8]
Pivnica	180 m (590 ft)	51 m (167 ft)	[9]
Đot	146 m (479 ft)	42 m (138 ft)	[10][11]
Kranjča špilja	125 m (410 ft)	27 m (89 ft)	[12][13]

Other notable caves

Name	Depth	Length	Geology and notes
Caves of Barać			[14]
Baredine Cave	60 m (200 ft)	132 m (433 ft)	[15]
Bijele sige	27 m (89 ft)	95 m (312 ft)
Biserujka		110 m (360 ft)	Near Dobrinj, on the island of Krk
Crveno jezero (the Red Lake)			Near Imotski
Javornica kod Bizeka	28 m (92 ft)	330 m (1,080 ft)
Velebitaška jama	45 m (148 ft)	70 m (230 ft)
Vrtare Male	30 m (98 ft)		Contains megafauna remains from the last ice age[16]
Balinka pit	328 m (1,076 ft)
Romuald’s Cave			Noted for cave paintings

See also

• List of caves
• List of Dinaric caves
• Speleology

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-16. 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. "Popis najvećih špilja". speleologija.hr. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
4. "Stupina jama". Archived from the original on 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
5. "Popis najvećih špilja". speleologija.hr. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
6. Malinar, Hrvoje (1963). "Spilja Javornica kod Bizeka" (PDF). Naše planine. No. 1–2. pp. 11–13. ISSN 0027-819X.
7. Dubovečak, Vinka (2021-02-15). "Hrvatsko zagorje dobilo novu najdulju špilju – Sutinščicu!". Speleološka udruga Kraševski zviri.
8. Dubovečak, Vinka (2022-04-19). "Nova duljina špiljskih kanala Sutinščice iznosi 254 m!". Speleološka udruga "Kraševski zviri".
9. Osmica Karlovac - Društvo za planinarenje, istraživanje i očuvanje prirodoslovnih vrijednosti (2016). "Pivnica". Katastar speleoloških objekata Republike Hrvatske.
10. Paić, Maša; Tomić, Dino (2013). Kvantificiranje vrijednosti i ugroženosti speleoloških objekata odabranog krškog područja Dinarida – primjer Ozaljskog pobrđa (Thesis). Zagreb: Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet.
11. Speleološko društvo "Karlovac" (2018). "Đot". Katastar speleoloških objekata Republike Hrvatske.
12. Remar, Željko (2007). "Zanimljive destinacije Hrvatska: Špilja Kranjča". Crtice Hrvatske. Archived from the original on 2008-01-11.
13. Osmica Karlovac - Društvo za planinarenje, istraživanje i očuvanje prirodoslovnih vrijednosti (2015). "Kranjča špilja". Katastar speleoloških objekata Republike Hrvatske.
14. "Baraćeve Špilje". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
15. Baredine, jama kraj Poreča at istrapedia.hr (in Croatian)
16. "U Dramlju pronađen najveći špiljski lav". Jutarnji list. 4 October 2007. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. 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.