List of caves in Austria

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

View of the Katerloch Cave

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	48°03′12″N 16°04′33″E
	Dachstein-Mammuthöhle	Obertraun (GM)	Upper Austria	66 km (SC: 1 km)	1,368 amsl	47°30′10″N 13°11′23″E
	Dachstein-Rieseneishöhle	Obertraun (GM)	Upper Austria	2 km (SC: 1 km)	1,455 amsl	47°32′54″N 13°42′17″E
	DÖF-Sonnleiter	Tauplitz (LI)	Styria	21.4 km (SC: no)	1,996 amsl	47°36′00″N 13°02′00″E
	Einhornhöhle[a]	Markt Piesting[b] (WB)	Lower Austria	0.6 (SC: 0.6 km)	585 amsl	47°51′27″N 16°05′23″E
	Eisensteinhöhle	Bad Fischau-Brunn (WB)	Lower Austria	2 km (SC: 1 km)	380 amsl	47°49′51″N 16°08′36″E
	Eiskogelhöhle	Werfenweng (JO)	Salzburg	2 km (SC: 0.5 km)	2,100 amsl	47°29′42″N 13°17′22″E
	Eisriesenwelt	Werfen (JO)	Salzburg	42 km (SC: 1 km)	1,656 amsl	47°30′10″N 13°11′23″E
	Entrische Kirche	Goldegg (JO)	Salzburg	2.5 km (SC: 1 km)	1,040 amsl	47°16′45″N 13°05′04″E
	Gasselhöhle	Ebensee[c] (GM)	Upper Austria	3.7 km (SC: 0.6 km)	1,229 amsl	47°49′23″N 13°50′34″E
	Grasslhöhle	Naas (WZ)	Styria	1.5 km (SC: 0.6 km)	720 amsl	47°14′42″N 15°32′59″E
	Griffener Tropfsteinhöhle	Griffen (VK)	Carinthia	0.5 km (SC: 0.5 km)	485 amsl	46°42′14″N 14°43′47″E
	Hermannshöhle	Kirchberg am Wechsel (NK)	Lower Austria	4.2 km (SC: 0.6 km)	660 amsl	47°31′01″N 15°58′56″E
	Hochkarschacht	Göstling an der Ybbs[d] (SB)	Lower Austria	0.7 km (SC: 0.7 km)	1,620 amsl	47°31′01″N 14°54′54″E
	Hundalm-Eishöhle	Mariastein[e] (KU)	Tyrol	2 km (SC: 1 km)	1,520 amsl	47°32′42″N 12°01′45″E
	Katerloch	Naas[f] (WZ)	Styria	1 km (SC: 1 km)	900 amsl	47°15′10″N 15°32′59″E
	Kolkbläser-Monsterhöhle-System	Saalfelden (ZE)	Salzburg	44.5 km (SC: no)	1,400 amsl	47°28′15″N 12°55′03″E
	Kraushöhle	Gams bei Hieflau (LI)	Styria	0.3 km (SC: 0.3 km)	600 amsl	47°40′04″N 14°48′14″E
	Koppenbrüllerhöhle	Obertraun (GM)	Upper Austria	3.9 km (SC: 0.5 km)	580 amsl	47°34′01″N 13°42′49″E
	Lamprechtsofen	Weißbach[g] (ZE)	Salzburg	51 km (SC: 0.7 km)	660 amsl	47°31′34″N 12°44′21″E
	Lurgrotte	Peggau (GU) Semriach (GU)	Styria	5 km (SC: 2 km)	640 amsl	47°13′37″N 15°22′46″E
	Nixhöhle	Frankenfels (PL)	Lower Austria	1.4 km (SC: 0.3 km)	556 amsl	47°58′28″N 15°18′31″E
	Obir-Tropfsteinhöhlen	Eisenkappel-Vellach[h] (VK)	Carinthia	6 km (SC: 1 km)	1,100 amsl	46°30′34″N 14°32′54″E
	Odelsteinhöhle	Johnsbach[i] (LI)	Styria	0.6 km (SC: 0.4 km)	1,085 amsl	47°31′27″N 14°36′43″E
	Ötscher-Tropfsteinhöhle	Gaming[j] (SB)	Lower Austria	0.5 km (SC: 0.5 km)	750 amsl	47°54′36″N 15°11′23″E
	Rettenwandhöhle	Thörl (BM)	Styria	0.6 km (SC: 0.6 km)	630 amsl	47°28′05″N 15°15′08″E
	Salzofen	Grundlsee (LI)	Styria	2 km (SC: no)	1,850 amsl	47°41′21″N 13°49′36″E
	Salzwelten Altaussee	Altaussee (LI)	Styria	1 km (SC: 1 km)	960 amsl	47°39′05″N 13°46′58″E
	Salzwelten Hallein	Hallein[k] (HA)	Salzburg	1 km (SC: 1 km)	650 amsl	47°40′2″N 13°05′25″E
	Salzwelten Hallstatt	Hallstatt (GM)	Upper Austria	1 km (SC: 1 km)	860 amsl	47°33′44″N 13°38′24″E
	Schönberg	Bad Ischl (GM) Altaussee (LI)	Upper Austria Styria	156 km (SC: no)	1,060 amsl	47°42′06″N 13°46′20″E
	Spannagelhöhle	Tux (SZ)	Tyrol	10 km (SC: 0.5 km)	2,521 amsl	47°04′49″N 11°40′18″E
	Schwarzmooskogel-Höhlensystem	Altaussee[l] (LI)	Styria	138 km (SC: no)	1,877 amsl	47°41′27″N 13°49′17″E

See also

• List of caves
• Simplified list for Austria
• Speleology
• Underground mines in Austria

Notes

1. Translated as Unicorn cave
2. In the civil parish (Ortsteil) of Dreistetten
3. Entrance situated in Erlakogel mountain
4. Entrance situated in Hochkar mountain
5. In the civil parish (Ortsteil) of Hundalm
6. In the civil parish (Ortsteil) of Dürntal
7. Entrance situated in Leoganger Steinberge
8. Entrance situated in Hochobir mountain
9. Entrance situated in the Ennstaler Alps
10. Situated in Ötscher-Tormäuer natural park
11. In the civil parish (Ortsteil) of Dürrnberg
12. Entrance situated in Loser Plateau