List of caves in Austria

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File:Katerloch1.JPG
View of the Katerloch Cave

The following article shows a list of caves in Austria. The list also includes ice caves and tourist former salt caves (Salzwelten).[1]

Overview

The main concentration of Austrian caves (German: Höhle) is by the Northern Limestone Alps, a mountain range of the Eastern Alps. Many of them are located in the geographical region of Salzkammergut and in the Totes Gebirge.

Caves

The caves are listed by alphabetical order and there are shown the main tourist caves and other notable (ex.: archaeological or paleontological) underground voids. In the "length" section is shown, between parentheses, the cave's trail as a show cave (SC).

Image Name Municipality State Length Elevation Coordinates
80px Allander Tropfsteinhöhle Alland (BN) Lower Austria 0.07 km
(SC: 0.07 km)		 410 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
80px Dachstein-Mammuthöhle Obertraun (GM) Upper Austria 66 km
(SC: 1 km)		 1,368 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
80px Dachstein-Rieseneishöhle Obertraun (GM) Upper Austria 2 km
(SC: 1 km)		 1,455 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg DÖF-Sonnleiter Tauplitz (LI) Styria 21.4 km
(SC: no)		 1,996 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
80px Einhornhöhle [2] Markt Piesting [3] (WB) Lower Austria 0.6
(SC: 0.6 km)		 585 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
80px Eisensteinhöhle Bad Fischau-Brunn (WB) Lower Austria 2 km
(SC: 1 km)		 380 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Eiskogelhöhle Werfenweng (JO) Salzburg 2 km
(SC: 0.5 km)		 2,100 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
80px Eisriesenwelt Werfen (JO) Salzburg 42 km
(SC: 1 km)		 1,656 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Entrische Kirche Goldegg (JO) Salzburg 2.5 km
(SC: 1 km)		 1,040 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
80px Gasselhöhle Ebensee [4] (GM) Upper Austria 3.7 km
(SC: 0.6 km)		 1,229 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
80px Grasslhöhle Naas (WZ) Styria 1.5 km
(SC: 0.6 km)		 720 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Griffener Tropfsteinhöhle Griffen (VK) Carinthia 0.5 km
(SC: 0.5 km)		 485 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Hermannshöhle Kirchberg am Wechsel (NK) Lower Austria 4.2 km
(SC: 0.6 km)		 660 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Hochkarschacht Göstling an der Ybbs [5] (SB) Lower Austria 0.7 km
(SC: 0.7 km)		 1,620 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Hundalm-Eishöhle Mariastein [6] (KU) Tyrol 2 km
(SC: 1 km)		 1,520 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
80px Katerloch Naas [7] (WZ) Styria 1 km
(SC: 1 km)		 900 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Kolkbläser-Monsterhöhle-System Saalfelden (ZE) Salzburg 44.5 km
(SC: no)		 1,400 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Kraushöhle Gams bei Hieflau (LI) Styria 0.3 km
(SC: 0.3 km)		 600 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Koppenbrüllerhöhle Obertraun (GM) Upper Austria 3.9 km
(SC: 0.5 km)		 580 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Lamprechtsofen Weißbach [8] (ZE) Salzburg 51 km
(SC: 0.7 km)		 660 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
80px Lurgrotte Peggau (GU)
Semriach (GU)
 Styria 5 km
(SC: 2 km)		 640 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
80px Nixhöhle Frankenfels (PL) Lower Austria 1.4 km
(SC: 0.3 km)		 556 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
80px Obir-Tropfsteinhöhlen Eisenkappel-Vellach [9] (VK) Carinthia 6 km
(SC: 1 km)		 1,100 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Odelsteinhöhle Johnsbach [10] (LI) Styria 0.6 km
(SC: 0.4 km)		 1,085 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
80px Ötscher-Tropfsteinhöhle Gaming [11] (SB) Lower Austria 0.5 km
(SC: 0.5 km)		 750 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Rettenwandhöhle Thörl (BM) Styria 0.6 km
(SC: 0.6 km)		 630 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Salzofen Grundlsee (LI) Styria 2 km
(SC: no)		 1,850 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Salzwelten Altaussee Altaussee (LI) Styria 1 km
(SC: 1 km)		 960 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Dürrnberg (Salzwelten).jpg Salzwelten Hallein Hallein [12] (HA) Salzburg 1 km
(SC: 1 km)		 650 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
80px Salzwelten Hallstatt Hallstatt (GM) Upper Austria 1 km
(SC: 1 km)		 860 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Schönberg Bad Ischl (GM)
Altaussee (LI)		 Upper Austria
Styria		 140 km
(SC: no)		 1,060 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
No free image.svg Spannagelhöhle Tux (SZ) Tyrol 10 km
(SC: 0.5 km)		 2,521 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
80px Schwarzmooskogel
(Steinbrückenhöhle
and Traungoldhöhle)		 Altaussee [13] (LI) Styria 15.4 km
(SC: no)		 1,830 amsl Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Information on the official website of Salzwelten Österreich
  2. ↑ Translated as Unicorn cave
  3. ↑ In the civil parish (Ortsteil) of Dreistetten
  4. ↑ Entrance situated in Erlakogel mountain
  5. ↑ Entrance situated in Hochkar mountain
  6. ↑ In the civil parish (Ortsteil) of Hundalm
  7. ↑ In the civil parish (Ortsteil) of Dürntal
  8. ↑ Entrance situated in Leoganger Steinberge
  9. ↑ Entrance situated in Hochobir mountain
  10. ↑ Entrance situated in the Ennstaler Alps
  11. ↑ Situated in Ötscher-Tormäuer natural park
  12. ↑ In the civil parish (Ortsteil) of Dürrnberg
  13. ↑ Entrance situated in Loser Plateau

See also

External links

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