Krizna Jama
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Description: A chain of twenty two underground lakes of crystal clear water near Grahovo.
is an 8,273 m long cave system below the area of triangle between Bloke plateau, Loško polje and Cerkniško polje. The entrance into Križna jama is located 1.5 km south of Bloška Polica settlement. The cave is named after nearby Holy Cross Church in Podlož (Cerkev sv. Križa). The cave is particularly noted for its chain of subterranean lakes with emerald green water. Križna jama is the fourth-largest known cave ecosystem in the world by biodiversity. The entrance into the cave was first documented in 1832 although some engravings from 16th century are on the cave walls. The part of the cave which includes lakes and stream passages was first explored by Slovene cavers in 1926.
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| Page title: | Križna jama |
| Keywords: | bloke, cerknica, bloška polica, cave, jama, križna jama, lakes, jezero, emerald, podzemno, veslanje, rowing |
| Description: | Križna jama is a cave system below the area of triangle between Bloke plateau, Loško polje and Cerkniško polje. The entrance into Križna jama is located 1.5 km south of Bloška Polica settlement. The cave is named after nearby Holy Cross Church in Podlož (Cerkev sv. Križa). The cave is particularly noted for its chain of subterranean lakes with emerald green water. Križna jama is the fourth-largest cave ecosystem in the world by biodiversity. The entrance into the cave was first documented in 1832 although some engravings from 16 th century are on the cave walls. The part of the cave which includes lakes and stream passages was first explored by Slovene cavers in 1926. |
| IP-address: | 193.2.12.17 |
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| NS | nameserver: kanin.arnes.si (193.2.1.87) nameserver: nanos.arnes.si (193.2.1.105,2001:1470:8000::105) |
| WHOIS | status: ok |
| Date | created: 1997-03-14 |