Migovec System

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Migovec System
Map showing the location of Migovec System
Map showing the location of Migovec System
Location in Slovenia
LocationTolmin, Slovenia
Coordinates46°15′07.1″N 13°45′50.4″E / 46.251972°N 13.764000°E / 46.251972; 13.764000Coordinates: 46°15′07.1″N 13°45′50.4″E / 46.251972°N 13.764000°E / 46.251972; 13.764000
Depth972 m (3,189 ft)
Length43,009 m (141,106 ft)
Geologylimestone

The Migovec System (Slovene: Sistem Migovec) is a 43,009-metre-long (141,000 ft) and 972-metre-deep (3,190 ft) Alpine cave system within Mount (Tolminski Migovec) in the Municipality of Tolmin in northwestern Slovenia.[1] 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 (24,120 m or 79,100 ft).[2][3]

Entrances[]

The entrances include:[4]

  • Chough Cave (Kavkna Jama) (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 (Jama Strgane Srajce) (M18), first explored in 1994[5]
  • Gardeners' World (Vrtnarija), first explored in 2000
  • Fairy Cave (Vilinska Jama), first explored in 2008
  • Primadona, first explored in 1999
  • Monatip, first explored in 2007

Exploration[]

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

Chough Cave (M2), Torn T-Shirt (M18), and M16 were connected together in 1996[6] to form the initial Migovec System, which was then explored to an eventual depth of −970 m (−3,180 ft).[7] 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 −650 m (−2,130 ft).

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 −180 m (−590 ft).

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "M-16 (Tolminski Migovec), Kataster jam, kat. št. 6001" [M-16 (Tolminski Migovec), Slovenian Cave Registry, Cave No. 6001] (in Slovenian). Društvo za raziskovanje jam Ljubljana [Ljubljana Cave Exploration Society]. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Postojnska jama, Kataster jam, kat. št. 747" [Postojna Cave, Slovenian Cave Registry, Cave No. 747] (in Slovenian). Društvo za raziskovanje jam Ljubljana [Ljubljana Cave Exploration Society]. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  3. ^ Močnik, Blaž (16 August 2012). "Nov najdaljši jamski sistem je pod Migovcem" [The New Longest Cave System Is Under Migovec]. Delo.si (in Slovenian). Delo, d. d. ISSN 1854-6544.
  4. ^ a b Imperial College Caving Club / Jamarska Sekcija PD Tolmin, The Hollow Mountain. ICCC Journal No. 22, 2007
  5. ^ Imperial College Caving Club / Jamarska Sekcija PD Tolmin, The Hollow Mountain. ICCC Journal No. 22, 2007, p. 19
  6. ^ Caves & Caving, Issue 76, Summer '97, p. 20
  7. ^ Caves & Caving, Issue 80, Summer '98, p. 23

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