Ice Cave at Kunč

The entrance to the most distinctive ice cave in the Kočevski Rog is at the bottom of a collapse crater to the northwest of the abandoned Kočevska village of Kunč, close to the forest road. The cave is demanding to visit, so it should only be viewed from the scenic edge. Beneath the vertical wall of the collapse crater, a prominent entrance (30×20 m) opens to the north into a pocketed ice cave. The passage fans out into a 90 m wide and 30 m high chamber. The cave is a typical ice cave, where cold air and small amounts of ice remain throughout the year. A vegetation shift has developed in the collapse before the cave. Interesting subterranean beetles have been found in the cave. According to one story, this is where Veronika Deseniška, the second wife of Frederick II of Celje, was supposedly caught after fleeing from her pursuers

More about the cave: http://www.jknm.si/media/pdf/669_Ledena_Kunc.pdf

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