List of caves in Croatia explained

This list of caves in Croatia includes 49 which are deeper than 250m (820feet), 14 deeper than 500m (1,600feet) and three deeper than 1000m (3,000feet). 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	1392abbr=onNaNabbr=on		^[2]
Velebit caves – Slovačka jama	1320abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Velebit caves – near Crikvena	1034abbr=onNaNabbr=on
	830abbr=onNaNabbr=on	<	--59030abbr=onNaNabbr=on length m-->	^[3]
Biokovo caves – Amfora Pit	788abbr=onNaNabbr=on	<	--0abbr=onNaNabbr=on length m-->
Velebit caves – Meduza	679abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Biokovo caves – Stara škola	576abbr=onNaNabbr=on	<	--0abbr=onNaNabbr=on length m-->
Biokovo caves – Vilimova jama	572abbr=onNaNabbr=on	<	--0abbr=onNaNabbr=on length m-->
Velebit caves – Patkov Gušt	553abbr=onNaNabbr=on	<	--0abbr=onNaNabbr=on length m-->
Velebit caves – Jama Olimp	537abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Velebit caves – Ledena jama u Lomskoj dulibi	536abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Stupina jama	413abbr=onNaNabbr=on	251abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Deepest cave in Gorski Kotar^[4]

Longest caves

Name	Depth	Length	Geology and notes
	830m	59.03abbr=onNaNabbr=on	^[5]
Medvedica caves – Đulin ponor		16396abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Varićakova špilja – Panjkov ponor		12385abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Jama Kita Gaćešina		8550abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Tounj quarry cave		8487abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Veternica		7128abbr=onNaNabbr=on

Other notable caves

Name	Depth	Length	Geology and notes
Caves of Barać	<	--0abbr=onNaNabbr=on depth m-->	<	--0abbr=onNaNabbr=on length m-->	^[6]
Baredine Cave	60abbr=onNaNabbr=on	132abbr=onNaNabbr=on	^[7]
Biserujka	<	--0abbr=onNaNabbr=on depth m-->	110abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Near Dobrinj, on the island of Krk
Crveno jezero (the Red Lake)	<	--0abbr=onNaNabbr=on depth m-->	<	--0abbr=onNaNabbr=on length m-->	Near Imotski
Vrtare Male	30abbr=onNaNabbr=on	<	--0abbr=onNaNabbr=on length m-->	Contains megafauna remains from the last ice age^[8]
Balinka pit	328abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Romuald’s Cave			Noted for cave paintings

See also

• List of caves
• Speleology

Sources

• Web site: Croatian caves deeper than 250 m / longer than 1000 m . The Speleological Committee of the Croatian Mountaineering Association . . 2011-11-14 . 2011-11-21.

Notes and References

1. Book: . Biodiversity of Croatia . 2006 . Jasminka Radović . Kristijan Čivić . Ramona Topić . 953-7169-20-0 . 2011-11-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111016173315/http://www.vukovarsko-srijemska-zupanija.com/upload/paragrafi_upload/2011-3-21_58011335_BiodiversityofCroatia.pdf . 2011-10-16 . dead .
2. Web site: Deepest and longest speleological sites in Croatia – Situation as in September 2007 . 49 . . Statistical Yearbook . 2009 . 2011-09-19.
3. Web site: Popis najvećih špilja . speleologija.hr. 23 January 2023.
4. Web site: Stupina jama . 2011-11-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111203093224/http://www.speleologija.hr/stupinajama/index.html . 2011-12-03 .
5. Web site: Popis najvećih špilja . speleologija.hr. 23 January 2023.
6. Web site: Baraćeve Špilje . 2011-11-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426001119/http://www.baraceve-spilje.hr/povijest_eng.html . 2012-04-26 .
7. http://istrapedia.hr/hrv/168/baredine-jama-kraj-poreca/istra-a-z/ Baredine, jama kraj Poreča
8. Web site: U Dramlju pronađen najveći špiljski lav . . 9 August 2015 . 4 October 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151122163511/http://www.jutarnji.hr/u-dramlju-pronaden-najveci-spiljski-lav/271094/ . 22 November 2015 .