Čaven
View of Čaven from Škol Hill
Highest point
Elevation1,242 m (4,075 ft)
Geography
LocationSlovene Littoral, Slovenia
Parent rangeTrnovo Forest Plateau

Čaven is a ridge above the Vipava Valley in southwestern Slovenia. It constitutes the southern rim of the Trnovo Forest Plateau in the northern Dinaric Alps. Its highest peak is Big Modrasovec (Veliki Modrasovec) (1353 m a.s.l.), its slightly lower peak is Little Modrasovec (Mali Modrasovec) (1305 m a.s.l.), and the most scenic peak is Kucelj (1237 m a.s.l.). The peak Čaven in the west of the ridge has an altitude of 1185 m. Čaven may be ascended by trail from Predmeja, Stomaž, and Lokavec. From Čaven, one may view the Vipava Valley and the landscape to the Adriatic Sea. Two other nearby peaks are Sekulak (888 m a.s.l.) and Big Edge (Veliki Rob) (1237 m a.s.l.). Between Veliki Modrasovec and Mala Gora 1034 m a.s.l.), there is Anton Bavčer Lodge at Čaven.[1] Čaven is built of upper Jurassic limestone. Next to the road on Selovec (1265 m a.s.l.), there is a prominent reef limestone site with fossils of coral colonies and hydrozoans.[2][3] Čaven is the growing site of various brooms (Genista) and of the endemic herbaceous perennial Hladnikia pastinacifolia.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Koča Antona Bavčerja na Čavnu (1242 m)" [Anton Bavčer Lodge at Čaven] (in Slovenian). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Goričan, Špela (2010). "Selovec – nahajališče fosilov" [Selovec: Fossil Site]. DEDI – Enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem [DEDI: The Encyclopaedia of Natural and Cultural Heritage in the Slovene Lands]] (in Slovenian). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Odlok o spremembah in dopolnitvah prostorskih sestavin dolgoročnega in družbenega plana Občine Ajdovščina za območje Občine Ajdovščina" [Decree on amendments and additions to the spatial components of the long-term and social plan of the Municipality of Ajdovščina for the area of the Municipality of Ajdovščina] (PDF). Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia (in Slovenian). 30 August 2004. p. 11662.
  4. ↑ "Hladnikovka je svetovna posebnost Čavna" [Hladnikia is a World Peculiarity of Čaven]. Delo.si (in Slovenian). 31 July 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Čušin, Boško, ed. (2004). Natura 2000 v Sloveniji: Rastline [Natura 2000 in Slovenia: Plants] (in Slovenian). Jovan Hadži Biological Institute, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. p. 170.
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