List of caves of Poland

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This article is about the caves of Poland.

Geographic distribution

Tatra Mountains

As of 2007, there are 771 caves known in the Polish Tatra Mountains with the total length exceeding 124 km.[1] They are within Tatra National Park. All the prominent ones are limestone karst caves of the Western Tatras, but there are also some tectonic caves. The largest and deepest caves of the Tatras (and of Poland) are located in the Czerwone Wierchy and Kominiarski Wierch massifs. Another highly promising region, the massif of Giewont, is largely unexplored due to its strict nature conservation status.[2]

Pieniny

  • Jaskinia nad Polaną Sosnówką
  • Jaskinia Pienińska
  • Jaskinia w Ociemnem
  • Jaskinia Wyżna

Jura

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Beskids and Subcarpathia

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Sudetes

Świętokrzyskie

Nida Basin

Gypsum karst caves of the Nida syncline.

Gdańsk Pomerania

  • Grota Mirachowska I (Schron z Kolumnami), Mirachowo
  • Grota Mirachowska II (Schronisko Owalne), Mirachowo
  • Jaskinia Bajka I, Gądecz
  • Jaskinia Bajka II, Gądecz
  • Jaskinia Goryla, Gdynia
  • Jaskinia Klonowa, Grudziądz
  • Jaskinia pod Wierzbą, Grudziądz
  • Jaskinia Śpiącego Szweda, Gdynia
  • Jaskinia w Mechowie, Mechowo
  • Schronisko w Połchowie, Połchowo

Tourist caves

There are currently 17 tourist caves in Poland.[3]

Show caves

Show caves, with guided tours and requiring an entrance fee:

Other

Other caves made accessible to the general public as part of a tourist trail:

Records

Biology

Notable troglobionts, troglophiles, and trogloxenes of Polish caves include:[12][13]

Crustaceans

Arachnids

Insects

Bats

17 out of 21 species of Polish bats can be found in caves – most of them only in winter, during their hibernation.[14]

Conservation

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Exploration

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See also

References

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