Vilina Pećina Explained

Vilina Pećina
Other Name:Fairy Cave
Alt Name:Vilić Pećina
Photo Width:250
Map:Bosnia and Herzegovina#Yugoslavia
Relief:yes
Map Width:350
Map Alt:Vilina Pećina
Label:Vilina Pećina
Label Position:top
Mark:Cave symbol.svg
Mark Width:15
Location:Ključ, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coords:43.0944°N 18.4844°W
Elevation:850m (2,790feet) a.s.l.
Discovery:First description from 1896 research
Geology:Limestone & Flysch contact zone; Karst cave, Karst spring
Show Cave:No
Translation:Fairy Cave
Language:Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation:pronounced as /Will-ina pech-ina/
Survey:Austria-Hungary cca. 1896; Centar za krš, Sarajevo, The Devon Karst Research Society 27 August 2005, 02 September 2006, 12 August 2006;
Website:Vilina Pećina, Cerničko Polje - The Devon Karst Research Society

Vilina Pećina is a cave and a karst resurgence wellspring in Dinaric Alps karst of Bosnia and Herzegovina, also previously known from research descriptions of older date as "Vilić Pećina", such as one from 1896, conducted by Austria-Hungary geologists.

Geographically, it is located on the northern border of Cerničko Polje, at an elevation of 850m (2,790feet) asl, just below and less than 100 meters to the west of Ključ village, Gacko municipality, Eastern Herzegovina region of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Geologically, object is located on the edge of Cerničko polje (karstic field) floor, at the thrust fault zone (overthrust), where eocene flysch and limestone make tectonic contact. In hydrogeological terms wellspring belongs to intermittent B-type (allogenic) resurgence karst spring. The wellspring cave entrance is very large with characteristic vertically elongated shape. Vilina Pećina spring is one of the two sources of the short sinking river Ključka Rijeka.[1] There are also many other karst springs along the entire length of Cerničko Polje, mostly situated on its edges.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: VILINA PEĆINA, cave resurgence karst spring . devonkarst.org.uk . The Devon Karst Research Society . 26 October 2018 . en.