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In late July to early August 2025 there was an annual caving expedition carried out by Hungarian cavers. The expedition took place in the Lovcen National Park, a mountainous park near the coastline in southeast Montenegro, relatively close to Albania. Montenegro is a country in the Dinaric Alps - the Balkans region of Europe. The caves in the nearby Cetinje region and in Lovcen National Park itself are the zone within which the expedition does its work. This region has Late Triassic and early Jurassic limestone. The project's goals are to research the caves in Montenegro. The karst landscape has caves everywhere with seemingly infinite potential for unmapped, unexplored caves. The project is good for a variety of experience levels, because it offers so many caves of varying difficulty and depth, with friendly surface camping, and cave approach conditions. The project achievements have been to map lots of passage, discover lots of caves, and report findings like many WW1 era hand grenades which pose a hazard, dinaric caves beetles, and water flowing deep underground. Notably the Jeges-ketlyuku system has 10km of passage and is 715m / 2346 ft deep. The expedition has also achieved fostering a fun community and maintaining good relations with local landowners.
Mátyás Gyimesi