Kozarnika, Botevgrad Municipality

This article is about the cave in Sofia Province. For the cave in Vidin Province, see Kozarnika, Dimovo Municipality.
Kozarnika
Козарника
Kozarnika Cave in Bulgaria
Kozarnika Cave in Bulgaria
location in Bulgaria
Locationnear Lipnitsa village, Botevgrad municipality
RegionSofia Province, Bulgaria
Coordinates43°00′40.96″N 23°43′41.14″E / 43.0113778°N 23.7280944°E / 43.0113778; 23.7280944
Length89 m

Kozarnika (Bulgarian: Козарника) is a cave in the western Balkan Mountains of Bulgaria. It is located near the village of Lipnitsa, Botevgrad municipality, 600 m from Preslavica neighbourhood. In Bulgarian Kozarnika means "goat pen" and the cave was given this name by local people, who had hidden there their goats in the past.[1]

The cave's entrance is 4.5 m wide and 2.5 m high. Its total length is 89 m.[2] The cave has no waterways, it is easily passable and contains with a single winding gallery with one branch that stems from the main gallery. The first 15 m of the gallery are high and wide but then it gets narrower and lower. There is a 14-meter high chimney.[1]

There are many cave formations, such as stalactites, stalagnates, stalagmites, dendrites, sinters, dulles, cave pearls and chelates. The predominant colours are white and pink. The fauna includes invertebrate trogophiles and trogloxene. Bones of cave animals and ceramics have been discovered in the cave.[1]

Kozarnika was mapped in 1966 by Cv. Nikolov, G. Dimitrov, V. Tuevski and G. Raynovski.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Нанковски, В. (1983). Атлас на пещерите картирани от клуб „Бисер“ при туристическо дружество „Венец“ гр. Ботевград 1963 – 1983.
  2. ^ "Kozarnika Cave". The Caves of Bulgaria. Archived from the original on 1 May 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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