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Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst

Hungary
Slovakia
Date of Inscription: 1995
Extension: 2000
Criteria: (viii)
Core zone: 56562.77 ha
Buffer zone: 58097.33 ha
County of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (HU) / Districts of Rožnava and Spišská Nová Ves, Region of Košice (SK)
N48 28 32.628 E20 29 12.732
Ref: 725bis

Brief Description

The variety of formations and the fact that they are concentrated in a restricted area means that the 712 caves currently identified make up a typical temperate-zone karstic system. Because they display an extremely rare combination of tropical and glacial climatic effects, they make it possible to study geological history over tens of millions of years.

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