Nová Brzotínska jaskyňa
A stream cave on the Plešivec plateau of the Slovak Karst, whose stream once served as a drinking-water source; pipes from that time remain. Reaching the sump means walking about 100 m along the pipes and then wading 500 m through seven lakes; the sump itself is listed at up to 20 m deep. The turn-off from the road to the barrier is at N48 36.234, E020 28.419.
Facts
- Region: Slovakia – Caves, Sumps & Karst Springs
- Area: Slovak Karst (Jasov, Silica & Plešivec plateaus)
- Depth: 0–20 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: low
- Type: cave
- Coordinates: 48.60913, 20.47093
- Highlights: stream cave of the Plešivec plateau, 100 m along old water pipes, 500 m of wading through seven lakes before the sump, former drinking-water source
- Permit: In Slovakia every cave is a natural monument (Nature Protection Act 543/2002, §24(3)); entering or penetrating a cave that is not open to the public is prohibited (§24(4)a), exploration and research need the consent of the nature-protection authority (§24(5)a), and research may only be done by a qualified authorised person notified to the State Nature Conservancy 7 days ahead (§56). In practice consent comes from the district office's environment department (e.g. Okresný úrad Prešov, 2015); the cave custodian is the Slovak Caves Administration (SSJ). There is no tourist or commercial cave diving – only permitted expeditions of caving clubs, with Full Cave / sump-diver qualification.
- Issuer / contact: State Nature Conservancy of the SR – Slovak Caves Administration (Správa slovenských jaskýň, cave custodian); consent is issued by the nature-protection authority (district office, environment department)
- Phone: +421445536411
- Email: caves@ssj.sk
- Website: https://www.ssj.sk/sk/kontakty
- Unverified: Described only by a 2013 diver-database entry with no dive reports; the position is that entry's point.
- Tips: Not a tourist site: dived only on permitted expeditions of caving clubs, with Full Cave / sump-diver qualification and in cooperation with Slovak cavers (SSS). The entrance is gated and the cave is a natural monument.