Migovec System

The Migovec System (Slovene: Sistem Migovec) is a 24,900 m (82,000 ft) long and 975 m (3,200 ft) deep Alpine cave system within Mount Tolmin Migovec (Tolminski Migovec) in the Municipality of Tolmin in northwestern Slovenia. The mountain and the cave system are part of Triglav National Park. The combined system is the longest known cave in the country, followed by the Postojna Cave System (20,570 m or 67,500 ft).^[1]

Entrances

The entrances include:^[2]

• Chough Cave (Kavkna Jama) (M2), first explored in 1972, and the highest entrance to the system at 1861 m above sea level
• M16 Cave, first explored in 1982
• Torn Shirt Cave (Jama Strgane Srajce) (M18), first explored in 1994^[3]
• Garden Cave (Vrtnarija), first explored in 2000
• Fairy Cave (Vilinska Jama), first explored in 2008

Exploration

The majority of exploration has been carried out by the Caving Section of the Tolmin Mountaineering Club (Jamarska Sekcija Planinskega društva Tolmin), joined since 1994 by Imperial College Caving Club.^[4]

Chough Cave (M2), Torn Shirt Cave (M18), and M16 Cave were connected together in 1996 ^[5] to form the initial Migovec System, which was then explored to an eventual depth of −970 m (−3,180 ft).^[6] In 2008, exploration of Fairy Cave led to an almost immediate connection with Garden Cave, and on 13 August 2012 Garden Cave was connected to the Migovec System at a depth of −650 m (−2,130 ft).

See also

• List of caves in Slovenia

References

External links

• Map of Registered Cave Entrances on Tolmin Migovec. Geopedia.si

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Coordinates: 46°15′11.24″N 13°45′49.70″E / 46.2531222°N 13.7638056°E / 46.2531222; 13.7638056