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Važecká jaskyňa Važec
Description
Situated in the Vazecky Karst, at the meeting place of Kozie chrbty (Goat Ranges) with the Liptovska Basin, at the western border of Vazec. It was formed in the Middle Triassic limestones by the former ponor waters of the White Vah river. The length of the cave is 530 m. The cave spaces are decorated mostly by stalactites, stalagmites and sinter pools.
It is an important finding-place of the bones of speleal bear (Ursus spelaeus). The entrance hall was long known to the local people. The continuation of cave spaces was discovered in 1922. The cave was provisionally open to the public in 1928. After reconstruction in 1954, 235 m have been open to the public.
There is rich snow-white flowstone decoration, small lakes and significant palaeontological finding place of cave bear bones, which lived here and stayed in cave all year long. Skeleton remains are located almost entirely in caves. It was prevailingly herbivore. The bear ate plants and berries and very seldom smaller animals.
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