Jasov Cave

{{short description|Cave and archaeological site in Slovakia}}

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{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site

| image = JasovskaJaskyna2.jpg

| image_upright = 1.2

| caption = The Jasov Cave

| location = Košice-okolie District, Košice Region, Slovakia

| part_of = "Component neighbouring {{ill|Silická Plain|sk|Silická planina|lt=Silica}} and Jasov" part of Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst

| criteria = {{UNESCO WHS type|(viii)}}(viii)

| ID = 725ter-004

| coordinates = {{coord|48|40|43.91|N|20|58|15.30|E|region:SK_type:landmark|display=inline,title|format=dms}}

| year = 1995

| extension = 2000, 2008

| locmapin = Slovakia Košice Region#Slovakia

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Jasov Cave ({{langx|sk|Jasovská jaskyňa}}, and {{langx|hu|Jászói barlang}}) is a speleothem limestone cave and archaeological site in the Slovak Karst in Slovakia. It is located near the village of Jasov, around {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Košice city. Along with a number of caves of the Slovak Karst, Jasov Cave has been induced into the UNESCO World Heritage list as a part of the Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst site, because of its unique diversity of speleothems and its testimony to tropical and temperate cave-forming processes.{{cite web|last=Slovak Heritage|title=JASOVSKÁ CAVE - NATIONAL NATURE MONUMENT|url=http://www.slovakheritage.org/Caves/jasovska.htm|publisher=Slovak Heritage|access-date=5 February 2012}} The cave is known for its pagoda-like stalagmites, sinter waterfalls, and straw stalactites.{{cite web |url = http://www.ssj.sk/en/jaskyna/11-jasovska-cave |title = Jasovská Cave |website = Slovak Caves Administration |publisher = State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic |access-date = 30 April 2023}}

Jasov Cave is a total of 2.8 km long, with an air temperature that ranges from 8.8 and 9.4°C. The cave provides habitat for 18 species of bats, and remains of the extinct cave bear and cave hyena have been discovered within the cave.