The Migovec System () is a and Alpine cave system within Mount Tolmin 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 ().

Entrances

The entrances include: Chough Cave () (M2), first explored in 1972, and the highest entrance to the system at 1861 m above sea level M16, first explored in 1982 Torn T-Shirt () (M18), first explored in 1994 Gardeners' World (), first explored in 2000 Fairy Cave (), first explored in 2008 Primadona, first explored in 1999, collapsed in 2018 Monatip, first explored in 2007 Belladonna, first explored in 2018, after the collapse of Primadona

Migovec System

Exploration

The majority of exploration has been carried out by the Caving Section of the Tolmin Mountaineering Club (), joined since 1994 by Imperial College Caving Club.

Migovec System

Chough Cave (M2), Torn T-Shirt (M18), and M16 were connected together in 1996 to form the initial Migovec System, which was then explored to an eventual depth of . In 2008, exploration of Fairy Cave led to an almost immediate connection with Gardeners' World, and on 13 August 2012 Gardeners' World was connected to the Migovec System at a depth of .

Migovec System

Primadona and Monatip, two entrances located on the Western cliff of the Migovec plateau form a cave that was first explored in 1999. The cave was explored to a length of 2.7km before, in late 2015, being connected into the rest of System Migovec at a depth of .

See also

List of caves in Slovenia

References

External links

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

Caves of the Slovene Littoral

Limestone caves

Municipality of Tolmin

2012 in Slovenia