SPELEOLOGICAL SECTION VELEBIT
ZAGREB, CROATIA

Welcome to web pages of Speleological section Velebit! Here we present just a part of our activities that are connected with exciting explorations of big and deep caves in Croatia and other countries.

Many materials about our explorations you can find on Croatian speleological server www.speleologija.hr

 HISTORY OF SPELEOLOGICAL SECTION VELEBIT


14.-15. 7. 1977. Ponor na Bunovcu: -534 m
Marijan Čepelak, Radovan Čepelak, Željko Filipović, Mladen Garašić, Damir Prelovec, Jurica Sekelj, Branko Šeparović, Boris Vrbek
Photo: M. Garašić


Four girls - members of Speleological section Velebit, were on the bottom of Lukina jama
  (-1349 m) in 1994. - Ivančica Zovko, Tanja Bizjak, Sunčica Hrašćanec and Ana Bakšić.
Photo: V. Božić

 

Detailed history over the years

INFORMATION FOR FOREIGN VISITORS TO CROATIAN CAVES

Here you can find the information about the possibility of visits or joining the explorations of Croatian caves.

According to the Law of nature protection (Zakon o zaštiti prirode, Narodne novine 70/05), you can not enter any cave in Croatia without written permission, except touristic caves. In the caves you can not take with you any geological or biological sample without the written permission of the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

  

NEWS

 

SPELEOLOGICAL EXPEDITIONS AND IMPORTANT SPELEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS

Velebita pit
513 m underground vertical
cave is -1026 m deep

Lukina jama-Trojama
deepest Croatian cave -1392 m

Slovačka jama
last exploration: -1320 m

Amfora pit
deepest cave on Biokovo mountain

Explorations of Munižaba
 and Kita Gaćešina pits

Cave system Djula- Medvedica
the longest Croatian cave, 16396 m

PHOTODOCUMENTATION AND MOVIES

Photo gallery: Deep pits in Croatia

Photo: History of expeditions in Lukina jama and Slovačka jama

In last years members of Speleological section Velebit were making movies about speleological explorations: Munižaba, Velebita, Lubuška jama, Nevidna voda, Debeljača. More information on e-mail.
Production: SO Velebit 2006., 2007., 2008.
Camera: Lovro Čepelak i Darko Bakšić
Directed by: Darko Bakšić

 


The deepest Croatian cave -
 system Lukina jama - Trojama,
Hajdučki kukovi, Sj. Velebit,
-1.392 m


In 2008. we continued the exploration in Velebita pit with world deepest underground
 pit (513 m).
The depth is -1026 m.

 

  

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CROATIAN CAVES

PUBLICATIONS

VELEBITEN
is magazine published by Speleological section Velebit, founded in 1990.

Knjiga Speleologija

Book Speleology

The members of Speleological section Velebit Damir Lacković and Trpimir Vedriš presented in April 2008. educational book about karst phenomena Droplet and rock published by Croatian Natural History museum.

ACTIVITIES

Zagreb speleological school
and work on speleological education by seminars and field activities

The protection of karst phenomena.
Cave conservation.

Cave and karst science.

CONTACT AND INFORMATION

SPELEOLOGICAL SECTION
PDS Velebit

Radićeva 23
10000 Zagreb
CROATIA

e-mail: speleo@hazu.hr

Chairman: Ronald Železnjak
Secretary:  Marta Malenica
Gears: Marko Masnec
Arhive: Dina Kovač
Library: Vedran Ferenčak

VELEBIT ' S CORNER
        LAST UPDATE:  11. 1. 2010.

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