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It took long until we made this page. Lativia always was a white spot on ourmy map, because this country has no suitable geology for caves. There are no limestone regions for karst caves and no volcanoes with lava tubes. So there are nearly no caves.

The only cave I list until now, is a sandstone cave, located in the Gauja-Nationalpark. All together about 20 caves are known in this area, all of them are really small. Gutmana Ala is the longest cave of Latvia and it is only 19 m long. Just beneath lies Viktora ala (Victors' Cave), which is much smaller. Another bigger cave is Maza ala, about 500m away. It has a spring inside, which makes a visit a rather wet fun. A bit further away is Petera ala (Peters' cave), which is 6m long.

In the Slitere reserve at the west coast, some karst features can be found. But the caves in this area are even smaller.

Sights of Latvia

D Dupleks |

Gutmana Ala |

Regro S

Additional Information about Latvia

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