| Location: | Rovanjska, Croatia. Near Zadar, Dalmatia, Central Croatian Coastal region. |
| Open: | not open yet |
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| Classification: |
 Karst cave
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| Light: | |
| Dimension: | L=829m, A=30m a.s.l. |
| Guided tours: | |
| Bibliography: |
Mladen Kuhta, S. Bozicevic, Sanja Kapelji, Slobodan Miko (1999):
The protection and utilization study of the natural environment of the Modric cave and its surroundings,
Open file report, Institute of Geology, Zagreb, 86p. [not seen] M. Malez (1987): Quaternary vertibrata fauna from Modric cave near Rovanjska, Rad Yug. Ac. Sci & Art 432, 141-154, Zageb [not seen] Slobodan Miko, Mladen Kuta, Sanja Kapelj (2002): Environmental baseline geochemistry of sediments and perculating waters in the Modric Cave, Croatia, Acta carsologia Vol 31 No 1, pp 136-149 Toni Brozic (1998): Modric spilja: najveca na nasoj obali, Hrvatski planinar, 90 (1998), 3; pp. 75-76. ISSN 0354-0650. |
| Address: | Spilja Modrić |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:24:45 $ |
| The entrance chamber has been used as a natural shelter for centuries. | ||
| 1985 | inner series discovered by excavation. | |
| 2004? | opening as a show cave. |
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The entrance, 1.8m x 1.3m is only 70m from the main Rijeka-Zadar coastal highway. The Major Channel (Glavni kanal) and the highest point in the Inclined Channel (Kosi kanal) is 29m. In most parts of the cave the width of the passages ranges from 2 to 8m and in parts extends up to 14m. The speleothems have almost blocked the passages and in places it was necessary to widen them. Archaeology: numerous bone fragments of Holocene fauna, Ursus spelaeus, human bone remains and remnants of Neolithic potttery. Text by Tony Oldham (2002). With kind permission. |
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