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List of caves in Croatia

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This list of caves in Croatia includes 49 which are deeper than 250 m, 14 deeper than 500 m and three deeper than 1000 m. The karst geology includes a total of approximately 7,000 caves and pits.

Deepest caves

Name	Depth	Length	Geology and notes
Velebit Caves - Lukina jama	1392 m		url = http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv_Eng/ljetopis/2009/PDF/01-bind.pdf	title = Deepest and longest speleological sites in Croatia – Situation as in September 2007	page = 49	publisher = Croatian Bureau of Statistics	work = Statistical Yearbook	year = 2009	accessdate = 2011-09-19}}
Velebit Caves – Slovačka jama	1320 m
Velebit Caves – near Crikvena	1034 m
	830 m
Biokovo caves – Amfora Pit	788 m
Velebit Caves – Meduza	679 m
Biokovo caves – Stara škola	576 m
Biokovo caves – Vilimova jama	572 m
Velebit Caves – Patkov Gušt	553 m
Velebit Caves – Jama Olimp	537 m
Velebit Caves – Ledena jama u Lomskoj dulibi	536 m
Stupina jama	413 m	251 m	Deepest cave in Gorski Kotar

Longest caves

| 59.030 km | 830 m | |- | Medvedica caves – Đulin ponor | 16396 m | | |- | Varićakova špilja – Panjkov ponor | 12385 m | | |- | Tounj quarry cave | 8487 m | | |- | Veternica | 7128 m | 50 m | |- | Javornica kod Bizeka | 330 m | 28 m | |- | Sutinščica | 254 m | 5.5 m | |- | Pivnica | 180 m | 51 m | |- | Đot | 146 m | 42 m | |- | Kranjča špilja | 125 m | 27 m | |- |}

Other notable caves

Name	Depth	Length	Geology and notes
Caves of Barać
Baredine Cave	60 m	132 m
Bijele sige	27 m	95 m
Biserujka		110 m	Near Dobrinj, on the island of Krk
Crveno jezero (the Red Lake)			Near Imotski
Javornica kod Bizeka	28 m	330 m
Velebitaška jama	45 m	70 m
Vrtare Male	30 m		title=U Dramlju pronađen najveći špiljski lav	url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/u-dramlju-pronaden-najveci-spiljski-lav/271094/	publisher=Jutarnji list	accessdate=9 August 2015	date=4 October 2007	url-status=dead	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122163511/http://www.jutarnji.hr/u-dramlju-pronaden-najveci-spiljski-lav/271094/	archivedate=22 November 2015 }}
Balinka pit	328 m
Romuald’s Cave			Noted for cave paintings

References

Sources

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(2009). "Deepest and longest speleological sites in Croatia – Situation as in September 2007". Statistical Yearbook.
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