List of caves in Austria

View of the Katerloch Cave

The following article shows a list of caves in Austria. The list also includes ice caves and tourist former salt caves (Salzwelten).^[1]

Overview

The main concentration of Austrian caves (German: Höhle) is by the Northern Limestone Alps, a mountain range of the Eastern Alps. Many of them are located in the geographical region of Salzkammergut and in the Totes Gebirge.

Caves

The caves are listed by alphabetical order and there are shown the main tourist caves and other notable (ex.: archaeological or paleontological) underground voids. In the "length" section is shown, between parentheses, the cave's trail as a show cave (SC).

Name	Municipality	State	Length	Elevation	Coordinates
Allander Tropfsteinhöhle	Alland (BN)	Lower Austria	0.07 km (SC: 0.07 km)	410 amsl	48°03′12″N 16°04′33″E / 48.05333°N 16.07583°E / 48.05333; 16.07583
Dachstein-Mammuthöhle	Obertraun (GM)	Upper Austria	66 km (SC: 1 km)	1,368 amsl	47°30′10″N 13°11′23″E / 47.50278°N 13.18972°E / 47.50278; 13.18972
Dachstein-Rieseneishöhle	Obertraun (GM)	Upper Austria	2 km (SC: 1 km)	1,455 amsl	47°32′54″N 13°42′17″E / 47.54833°N 13.70472°E / 47.54833; 13.70472
DÖF-Sonnleiter	Tauplitz (LI)	Styria	21.4 km (SC: no)	1,996 amsl	47°36′00″N 13°02′00″E / 47.60000°N 13.03333°E / 47.60000; 13.03333
Einhornhöhle^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Markt Piesting^{[lower-alpha 2]} (WB)	Lower Austria	0.6 (SC: 0.6 km)	585 amsl	47°51′27″N 16°05′23″E / 47.85750°N 16.08972°E / 47.85750; 16.08972
Eisensteinhöhle	Bad Fischau-Brunn (WB)	Lower Austria	2 km (SC: 1 km)	380 amsl	47°49′51″N 16°08′36″E / 47.83083°N 16.14333°E / 47.83083; 16.14333
Eiskogelhöhle	Werfenweng (JO)	Salzburg	2 km (SC: 0.5 km)	2,100 amsl	47°29′42″N 13°17′22″E / 47.49500°N 13.28944°E / 47.49500; 13.28944
Eisriesenwelt	Werfen (JO)	Salzburg	42 km (SC: 1 km)	1,656 amsl	47°30′10″N 13°11′23″E / 47.50278°N 13.18972°E / 47.50278; 13.18972
Entrische Kirche	Goldegg (JO)	Salzburg	2.5 km (SC: 1 km)	1,040 amsl	47°16′45″N 13°05′04″E / 47.27917°N 13.08444°E / 47.27917; 13.08444
Gasselhöhle	Ebensee^{[lower-alpha 3]} (GM)	Upper Austria	3.7 km (SC: 0.6 km)	1,229 amsl	47°49′23″N 13°50′34″E / 47.82306°N 13.84278°E / 47.82306; 13.84278
Grasslhöhle	Naas (WZ)	Styria	1.5 km (SC: 0.6 km)	720 amsl	47°14′42″N 15°32′59″E / 47.24500°N 15.54972°E / 47.24500; 15.54972
Griffener Tropfsteinhöhle	Griffen (VK)	Carinthia	0.5 km (SC: 0.5 km)	485 amsl	46°42′14″N 14°43′47″E / 46.70389°N 14.72972°E / 46.70389; 14.72972
Hermannshöhle	Kirchberg am Wechsel (NK)	Lower Austria	4.2 km (SC: 0.6 km)	660 amsl	47°31′01″N 15°58′56″E / 47.51694°N 15.98222°E / 47.51694; 15.98222
Hochkarschacht	Göstling an der Ybbs^{[lower-alpha 4]} (SB)	Lower Austria	0.7 km (SC: 0.7 km)	1,620 amsl	47°31′01″N 14°54′54″E / 47.51694°N 14.91500°E / 47.51694; 14.91500
Hundalm-Eishöhle	Mariastein^{[lower-alpha 5]} (KU)	Tyrol	2 km (SC: 1 km)	1,520 amsl	47°32′42″N 12°01′45″E / 47.54500°N 12.02917°E / 47.54500; 12.02917
Katerloch	Naas^{[lower-alpha 6]} (WZ)	Styria	1 km (SC: 1 km)	900 amsl	47°15′10″N 15°32′59″E / 47.25278°N 15.54972°E / 47.25278; 15.54972
Kolkbläser-Monsterhöhle-System	Saalfelden (ZE)	Salzburg	44.5 km (SC: no)	1,400 amsl	47°28′15″N 12°55′03″E / 47.47083°N 12.91750°E / 47.47083; 12.91750
Kraushöhle	Gams bei Hieflau (LI)	Styria	0.3 km (SC: 0.3 km)	600 amsl	47°40′04″N 14°48′14″E / 47.66778°N 14.80389°E / 47.66778; 14.80389
Koppenbrüllerhöhle	Obertraun (GM)	Upper Austria	3.9 km (SC: 0.5 km)	580 amsl	47°34′01″N 13°42′49″E / 47.56694°N 13.71361°E / 47.56694; 13.71361
Lamprechtsofen	Weißbach^{[lower-alpha 7]} (ZE)	Salzburg	51 km (SC: 0.7 km)	660 amsl	47°31′34″N 12°44′21″E / 47.52611°N 12.73917°E / 47.52611; 12.73917
Lurgrotte	Peggau (GU) Semriach (GU)	Styria	5 km (SC: 2 km)	640 amsl	47°13′37″N 15°22′46″E / 47.22694°N 15.37944°E / 47.22694; 15.37944
Nixhöhle	Frankenfels (PL)	Lower Austria	1.4 km (SC: 0.3 km)	556 amsl	47°58′28″N 15°18′31″E / 47.97444°N 15.30861°E / 47.97444; 15.30861
Obir-Tropfsteinhöhlen	Eisenkappel-Vellach^{[lower-alpha 8]} (VK)	Carinthia	6 km (SC: 1 km)	1,100 amsl	46°30′34″N 14°32′54″E / 46.50944°N 14.54833°E / 46.50944; 14.54833
Odelsteinhöhle	Johnsbach^{[lower-alpha 9]} (LI)	Styria	0.6 km (SC: 0.4 km)	1,085 amsl	47°31′27″N 14°36′43″E / 47.52417°N 14.61194°E / 47.52417; 14.61194
Ötscher-Tropfsteinhöhle	Gaming^{[lower-alpha 10]} (SB)	Lower Austria	0.5 km (SC: 0.5 km)	750 amsl	47°54′36″N 15°11′23″E / 47.91000°N 15.18972°E / 47.91000; 15.18972
Rettenwandhöhle	Thörl (BM)	Styria	0.6 km (SC: 0.6 km)	630 amsl	47°28′05″N 15°15′08″E / 47.46806°N 15.25222°E / 47.46806; 15.25222
Salzofen	Grundlsee (LI)	Styria	2 km (SC: no)	1,850 amsl	47°41′21″N 13°49′36″E / 47.68917°N 13.82667°E / 47.68917; 13.82667
Salzwelten Altaussee	Altaussee (LI)	Styria	1 km (SC: 1 km)	960 amsl	47°39′05″N 13°46′58″E / 47.65139°N 13.78278°E / 47.65139; 13.78278
Salzwelten Hallein	Hallein^{[lower-alpha 11]} (HA)	Salzburg	1 km (SC: 1 km)	650 amsl	47°40′2″N 13°05′25″E / 47.66722°N 13.09028°E / 47.66722; 13.09028
Salzwelten Hallstatt	Hallstatt (GM)	Upper Austria	1 km (SC: 1 km)	860 amsl	47°33′44″N 13°38′24″E / 47.56222°N 13.64000°E / 47.56222; 13.64000
Schönberg	Bad Ischl (GM) Altaussee (LI)	Upper Austria Styria	140 km (SC: no)	1,060 amsl	47°42′06″N 13°46′20″E / 47.70167°N 13.77222°E / 47.70167; 13.77222
Spannagelhöhle	Tux (SZ)	Tyrol	10 km (SC: 0.5 km)	2,521 amsl	47°04′49″N 11°40′18″E / 47.08028°N 11.67167°E / 47.08028; 11.67167
Schwarzmooskogel (Steinbrückenhöhle and Traungoldhöhle)	Altaussee^{[lower-alpha 12]} (LI)	Styria	15.4 km (SC: no)	1,830 amsl	47°41′27″N 13°49′17″E / 47.69083°N 13.82139°E / 47.69083; 13.82139

Notes

↑ Translated as Unicorn cave
↑ In the civil parish (Ortsteil) of Dreistetten
↑ Entrance situated in Erlakogel mountain
↑ Entrance situated in Hochkar mountain
↑ In the civil parish (Ortsteil) of Hundalm
↑ In the civil parish (Ortsteil) of Dürntal
↑ Entrance situated in Leoganger Steinberge
↑ Entrance situated in Hochobir mountain
↑ Entrance situated in the Ennstaler Alps
↑ Situated in Ötscher-Tormäuer natural park
↑ In the civil parish (Ortsteil) of Dürrnberg
↑ Entrance situated in Loser Plateau

References

↑ Information on the official website of Salzwelten Österreich

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Show caves in Austria (List of caves)

Alland Dripstone Cave Dachstein Mammoth Cave Dachstein Giant Ice Cave Unicorn Cave Eisenstein Cave Eiskogel Cave Eisriesenwelt Entrische Kirche Frauenmauer Cave Gassel Cave Grassl Cave Griffener Dripstone Cave Hermann Cave Hochkarschacht Hundalm Ice and Dripstone Cave Katerloch Kraus Cave Koppenbrüll Cave Lamprechtsofen Lurgrotte near Peggau Lurgrotte near Semriach Nix Cave Obir Dripstone Caves Odelstein Cave Ötscher Dripstone Cave Rettenwand Cave Spannagel Cave

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