The following article shows a list of caves in Austria. The list also includes ice caves and tourist former salt caves (Salzwelten).Information on the official website of Salzwelten Österreich
Overview The main concentration of Austrian caves (German: Höhle) is in 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).
Image Name Municipality State Length Elevation Coordinates Allander Tropfsteinhöhle Alland (BN) Lower Austria 0.07 km (SC: 0.07 km) 410 amsl Dachstein-Mammuthöhle Obertraun (GM) Upper Austria 66 km (SC: 1 km) 1,368 amsl Dachstein-Rieseneishöhle Obertraun (GM) Upper Austria 2 km (SC: 1 km) 1,455 amsl DÖF-Sonnleiter Tauplitz (LI) Styria 21.4 km (SC: no) 1,996 amsl Einhornhöhle Markt Piesting (WB) Lower Austria 0.6 (SC: 0.6 km) 585 amsl Eisensteinhöhle Bad Fischau-Brunn (WB) Lower Austria 2 km (SC: 1 km) 380 amsl Eiskogelhöhle Werfenweng (JO) Salzburg 2 km (SC: 0.5 km) 2,100 amsl Eisriesenwelt Werfen (JO) Salzburg 42 km (SC: 1 km) 1,656 amsl Entrische Kirche Goldegg (JO) Salzburg 2.5 km (SC: 1 km) 1,040 amsl Gasselhöhle Ebensee (GM) Upper Austria 3.7 km (SC: 0.6 km) 1,229 amsl Grasslhöhle Naas (WZ) Styria 1.5 km (SC: 0.6 km) 720 amsl Griffener Tropfsteinhöhle Griffen (VK) Carinthia 0.5 km (SC: 0.5 km) 485 amsl Hermannshöhle Kirchberg am Wechsel (NK) Lower Austria 4.2 km (SC: 0.6 km) 660 amsl Hochkarschacht Göstling an der Ybbs (SB) Lower Austria 0.7 km (SC: 0.7 km) 1,620 amsl Hundalm-Eishöhle Mariastein (KU) Tyrol 2 km (SC: 1 km) 1,520 amsl Katerloch Naas (WZ) Styria 1 km (SC: 1 km) 900 amsl Kolkbläser-Monsterhöhle-System Saalfelden (ZE) Salzburg 44.5 km (SC: no) 1,400 amsl Kraushöhle Gams bei Hieflau (LI) Styria 0.3 km (SC: 0.3 km) 600 amsl Koppenbrüllerhöhle Obertraun (GM) Upper Austria 3.9 km (SC: 0.5 km) 580 amsl Lamprechtsofen Weißbach (ZE) Salzburg 51 km (SC: 0.7 km) 660 amsl Lurgrotte Peggau (GU) Semriach (GU) Styria 5 km (SC: 2 km) 640 amsl Nixhöhle Frankenfels (PL) Lower Austria 1.4 km (SC: 0.3 km) 556 amsl Obir-Tropfsteinhöhlen Eisenkappel-Vellach (VK) Carinthia 6 km (SC: 1 km) 1,100 amsl Odelsteinhöhle Johnsbach (LI) Styria 0.6 km (SC: 0.4 km) 1,085 amsl Ötscher-Tropfsteinhöhle Gaming (SB) Lower Austria 0.5 km (SC: 0.5 km) 750 amsl Rettenwandhöhle Thörl (BM) Styria 0.6 km (SC: 0.6 km) 630 amsl Salzofen Grundlsee (LI) Styria 2 km (SC: no) 1,850 amsl Salzwelten Altaussee Altaussee (LI) Styria 1 km (SC: 1 km) 960 amsl Salzwelten Hallein Hallein (HA) Salzburg 1 km (SC: 1 km) 650 amsl Salzwelten Hallstatt Hallstatt (GM) Upper Austria 1 km (SC: 1 km) 860 amsl Schönberg Bad Ischl (GM) Altaussee (LI) Upper Austria Styria 156 km (SC: no) 1,060 amsl Spannagelhöhle Tux (SZ) Tyrol 10 km (SC: 0.5 km) 2,521 amsl Schwarzmooskogel-Höhlensystem Altaussee (LI) Styria 138 km (SC: no) 1,877 amsl
See also List of caves Simplified list for Austria Speleology Underground mines in Austria
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External links
Schauhoehlen.at - Official Austrian showcaves portal Salzwelten.at - Official tourist Austrian salt caves portal Show caves of Austria on showcaves.com