Dobšinská l'adová janskyňaDobšinská l'adová janskyňa is an ice cave and part of a larger cave system set in middle Triassic limestone in northern Slovakia. A cavity more than 70 metres high is partially filled by a giant body of ice with a surface area of nearly 10'000 square metres and a volume of more than 110'000 cubic metres. The cave entrance is at 969 m.a.s.l., 130 m above the bottom of the Hnilec Valley, 30 kilometres SE of the city of Poprad. The following photos were taken in August 2012 during a regular guided tour through the cave (photography is permitted after a 10 Euro fee is payed).
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 Tours through the cave begin by descending to its bottom section. This is reached through an artificial tunnel through the ice. |  Entering the empty space near the base of the ice body. Stratification within the ice is visible on the top right. |  Visitors progress along the deepest section of the cave. The main ice body, visible on the left, is approximately 70 metres thick. |  Water is entering in small quantities even at the lowest point of the cave and freezes due to subzero temperatures all year round. |
 Ice stalagmites and columns form in the chamber on top of the main ice body from external water percolating through the limestone into the cave system. |  Small but complex ice formations very near the path on which tourists pass through the cave. The column at the centre is only a few metres high. |  The scale of a large ice stalagmite is given by visitors which can be seen on the lower left of the photo. |  Ice formations near the entrance/exit to the accessible part of the ice cave. |
| Photos: Jürg Alean | |||