Description of the Jasovska Cave


The Jasovska Cave is a known cave system in geologic complex of the Jasovska skala Mt. (Jasov Rock, on picture) situated in the northeastern part of the Jasovska plateau. The cave is created in mesozoic carbonate rocks of the Silica Nappe - limestones and dolomites of the Middle Triassic Age.

It represents importantly complicated system with five evolution levels, connected with the ground surface by more entrances of the artificial and natural origin. The cave inside content from the widely domes, halls and passages with a summary length 2308 m and with an amplitude altitude 42 m. More significant chambers are created on the fissures of the E-W direction, for example Entry Junction, Old Dome and Tiger Passage, also Great Dome with the Smith Furnace Room, Mud Chamber, White Dome, Dining Room, Exit Passage and others. Most great chambers were created by falls on a crossing of the main direction fissures with faults of the NE-SW direction mainly and N-S direction too. For example, Bat's Hall and Labyrinth were created by this way.

The Stone Luster in the Old Dome (66kB).

Oldest channels created by a corrosion and an erosion of the vertically penetrated water was enlarged by waters of the Bodva river. The Jasovska skala Mt. represented a stream-attack riverside for Bodva. Proved old passages in an entrance part have got a tunnel cross-section with well developed top trench. Passages were choked up by mechanical river sediments, later removed by nature way or by unearth. In west region of the cave a river activity made less.

Dripstones in the Old Dome (72kB).

Walls of the passages and domes boast a rich decoration of the flowstones, sinter streamfalls, curtains and other forms of the dripstone. The massive stalagmite 8 m height and with perimeter of 28 m is remarkable in the Old Dome. The sinter drum in the Jewellery Room. The dripstone of the cave is noted for their massive impression.

We present a signification of the cave on archeological point of view on the page Archaeology in the Jasovska Cave.


SLOVAKIA CAVE SERVER prepared by Eduard Kladiva (Old Cave Dog) from Speleoclub CASSOVIA . Please send all comments, notes and corrections on e-mail kladiva@saske.sk.