Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst World Heritage Site

Official name

Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst | UNESCO

Country

Slovakia | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

Districts of Rožnava and Spišská Nová Ves, Region of Košice (SK)
48.4757° Lat, 20.4868° Lon | Map

Code

725

Time Zone

Europe/Bratislava (CET, +0100)

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Category

Natural

Description

Inscribed 1995. The variety of formations and the fact that they are concentrated in a restricted area means that the 712 caves currently identified make up a typical temperate-zone karstic system. Because they display an extremely rare combination of tropical and glacial climatic effects, they make it possible to study geological history over tens of millions of years.