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
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 .
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).
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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 [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
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 [lower-alpha 3] (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 [lower-alpha 4] (SB )
Lower Austria
0.7 km (SC : 0.7 km)
1,620 amsl
47°31′01″N 14°54′54″E
Hundalm-Eishöhle
Mariastein [lower-alpha 5] (KU )
Tyrol
2 km (SC : 1 km)
1,520 amsl
47°32′42″N 12°01′45″E
Katerloch
Naas [lower-alpha 6] (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 [lower-alpha 7] (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 [lower-alpha 8] (VK )
Carinthia
6 km (SC : 1 km)
1,100 amsl
46°30′34″N 14°32′54″E
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
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
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 [lower-alpha 11] (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 [lower-alpha 12] (LI )
Styria
138 km (SC : no)
1,877 amsl
47°41′27″N 13°49′17″E
Close
Translated as Unicorn cave
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 Hochobir mountain
Situated in Ötscher-Tormäuer natural park