Gombasek Cave Explained

Whs:Gombasecká Cave
Criteria:Natural: viii
Id:725ter
Location:Rožňava District, Slovakia
Year:1995
Coordinates:48.5628°N 20.4665°W
Extension:2000, 2008
Part Of:Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst

Gombasek Cave or Gombasecká jaskyňa (in Slovak) and Gombaszögi-barlang (in Hungarian) is a karst cave in the Slovak Karst, Slovakia. It is named after the settlement of Gombasek, which belongs to the village of Slavec. It is located in the Slovak Karst National Park, in the Slaná river valley, approximately 15 km south of Rožňava. The cave was discovered on 21 November 1951 by volunteer cavers. In 1955, 285 m out of 1 525 m were opened to the public. Currently, the route for visitors is 530 m long and takes about 30 minutes.

The cave was also used for "speleotherapy" as a sanatorium, focused on airway diseases. Since 1995, the Gombasek Cave is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as a part of the Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst site because of its exemplary speleothems and its record of karst formation under varying conditions, including periods of glaciation and temperate, and tropical climatic conditions.[1]

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  1. Web site: Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst . UNESCO World Heritage Convention . United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization . 29 April 2023.