Vilina Pećina

Vilina Pećina
Fairy Cave
Vilina Pećina Location in Bosnia and Herzegovina Vilina Pećina Vilina Pećina (Yugoslavia)
Location	Ključ, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates	43.094358°N 18.484379°E / 43.094358; 18.484379
Elevation	850 metres (2,790 ft) a.s.l.
Discovery	First description from 1896 research
Geology	Limestone & Flysch contact zone; Karst cave, Karst spring
Show cave opened	No
Translation	Fairy Cave (Serbo-Croatian)
Pronunciation	pronounced [Will-ina pech-ina]
Cave survey	Austria-Hungary cca. 1896; Centar za krš, Sarajevo, The Devon Karst Research Society 27 August 2005, 02 September 2006, 12 August 2006;
Website	Vilina Pećina, Cerničko Polje - The Devon Karst Research Society

Vilina Pećina (transl. Fairy Cave) is a cave and a karst resurgence wellspring in Dinaric Alps karst of Bosnia and Herzegovina, also previously known from research descriptions of older date as "Vilić Pećina", such as one from 1896, conducted by Austria-Hungary geologists.

Geographically, it is located on the northern border of Cerničko Polje, at an elevation of 850 metres (2,790 ft) asl, just below and less than 100 meters to the west of Ključ village, Gacko municipality, Eastern Herzegovina region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Geologically, object is located on the edge of Cerničko polje (karstic field) floor, at the thrust fault zone (overthrust), where eocene flysch and limestone make tectonic contact. In hydrogeological terms wellspring belongs to intermittent B-type (allogenic) resurgence karst spring. The wellspring cave entrance is very large with characteristic vertically elongated shape.

Vilina Pećina spring is one of the two sources of the short sinking river Ključka Rijeka. There are also many other karst springs along the entire length of Cerničko Polje, mostly situated on its edges.

Also see

• List of caves in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• List of karst springs in Bosnia and Herzegovina

External links

• Centar za krš, Sarajevo