Gombasek Cave

Gombasecká Cave

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location	Rožňava District, Slovakia
Part of	Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
Criteria	Natural: viii
Reference	725ter
Inscription	1995 (19th Session)
Extensions	2000, 2008
Coordinates	48°33′46″N 20°27′59″E / 48.5628014°N 20.4664993°E / 48.5628014; 20.4664993
Location in Slovakia

Gombasek Cave or Gombasecká jaskyňa (in Slovak) and Gombaszögi-barlang (in Hungarian) is a karst cave in the Slovak Karst, Slovakia. It is named after the settlement of Gombasek, which belongs to the village of Slavec. It is located in the Slovak Karst National Park, in the Slaná river valley, approximately 15 km south of Rožňava. The cave was discovered on 21 November 1951 by volunteer cavers. In 1955, 285 m out of 1 525 m were opened to the public. Currently, the route for visitors is 530 m long and takes about 30 minutes.

The cave was also used for "speleotherapy" as a sanatorium, focused on airway diseases. Since 1995, the Gombasek Cave is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as a part of the Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst site because of its exemplary speleothems and its record of karst formation under varying conditions, including periods of glaciation and temperate, and tropical climatic conditions.^[1]

• List of caves in Slovakia

• Gombasek Cave at Slovakia.travel
• Gombasek Cave at Slovak Caves Administration

48°33′44″N 20°27′54″E / 48.56222°N 20.46500°E / 48.56222; 20.46500

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