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| Image: the entrance of Planinska Jama. (Image by Hermann Duckeck) |
| Location: | 5km northeast Postojna, close to the village of Planina. In the valley behind Mali grad (Ravbarjev stolp), under a 100m high limestone cliff. |
| Open: | By appointment. |
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| Classification: |
 Karst cave.
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| Light: | none, electric torches req. |
| Dimension: | L=6656m, D=65m, A=453m a.s.l., T=8-10°C. |
| Guided tours: | L=900m, D=60min. |
| Bibliography: |
Sandro Sedran (2006):
Speleo Per Tutti,
Escusioni in facili grotte del nord-est italiano e Slovenia / Proposte per un nuovo tipo di escursionismo e spunti di accompagnamento per i gruppi speleologici
256 pp, 265 colour photos, ISBN 8889562099.
EUR 19, published by the author: Sandro Sedran, Via Nazionale 259/5, 30034 Mira, (VE), Italy
E-mail: F. Sustersic, S. Sustersic, U. Stepisnik (2003): The Late Quaternary dynamics of Planinska jama, south-central Slovenia, Cave & Karst Science, Volume 30(2), 2003, pp 89-96. |
| Address: | Postojna Cave, Tel: +386-67-27001. Merlak, Planina 161, Tel: +386-67-57686. |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:30:05 $ |
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| Image: inside Planinska Jama. (Image by Helmut Schlierf) |
Planinska Jama is close to the village of Planina, at the end of the Planinsko Polje. The imposing entrance is about 100m high and can be easily visited. Around the entrance the remains of an old water mill are still visible that used the water of the river Pivka.
The cave is an enormous tunnel, the subterranean bed of the Unica. The path is attached to the left wall and follows it several hundred meters, until the cave divides into two branches. The Pivka comes from the right hand branch and the Rak is coming in from the left. The path follows the Rak to the left, to a series of chambers.
Planinska Jama was once a show cave, but the path collapsed at several points, so a visit is very dangerous. The cave is closed by an iron gate after some one hundret meters. Special tours can be arranged by appointment.
Planinska Jama is very famous for photographs. After the first turn of the tunnel and with no electric light, only the the blueish shine of the sunlight through the water, the view is very impressive.
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