Dobšiná Ice Cave
Dobšiná Ice Cave (Slovak: Dobšinská ľadová jaskyňa; Hungarian: Dobsinai-jégbarlang) is an ice cave in Slovakia, near the mining town of Dobšiná in the Slovak Paradise. Since 2000 it has been included on the UNESCO World Heritage list as a part of the Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst site, because of its unique cave formations and its natural beauty.
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
|---|---|
| Location | Rožňava District, Slovakia |
| Part of | Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst |
| Criteria | Natural: (viii) |
| Reference | 725ter-007 |
| Inscription | 1995 (19th Session) |
| Extensions | 2000, 2008 |
| Area | 600 ha (1,500 acres) |
| Buffer zone | 19,763 ha (48,840 acres) |
| Coordinates | 48°52′19″N 20°17′41″E |
Location of Dobšiná Ice Cave in Slovakia | |
Famous visitors to the ice cave have been Prince August von Sachsen Gotha and his wife (1872), Ferdinand de Lesseps (constructor of the Suez Channel) and a party of French writers (1884), Bulgarian Czar Ferdinand I (1890), and the polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen (1900).
With the entrance at 920 m a.s.l, it is one of the lowest ice caves in the world.
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