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Austrian Kataster
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<center><h1>Austrian Höhlenkataster</h1></center>
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The Höhlenkataster is a national catalogue of all the documented caves
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in Austria. Within it, each known cave has a unique number. This number
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comprises two parts - the first part identifies the area in which the
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cave lies, and the second part is a number allocated to the particular
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cave, roughly in the order of discovery.
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<p>The area numbers divide the country hierarchically, the four digits
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representing successively smaller areas delineated mainly by natural
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physical boundaries. CUCC work in area 1623, in which the "1000" (the
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Großeinheit) represents the Northern Limestone Alps, "1600" (the
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Hauptgruppe - major mountain group) represents the Totes Gebirge, a mountain
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area 100km east of Salzburg. The Totes Gebirge falls naturally into three
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massifs, and some smaller outlying blocks. "1620" (the Untergruppe or
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massif) is the western massif, and within that, "1623" (the Teilgruppe or
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part of the massif) is the Loser Augst-Eck plateau.
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<p>A cave which CUCC are currently exploring is named "Kaninchenhöhle",
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which has the number 1623/161. There are presently six entrances, and these
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are labelled 1623/161A, 161B, 161C, 161D, 161E and 161F. On older
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discoveries, these numbers were typically painted on the entrance. This has
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become deprecated with the increase in area of the Nature Reserve
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(Naturschutzgebiet), and now a more permanent, but less obtrusive, stainless
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steel tag is bolted on. These numbers enable anyone coming across an
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entrance not only to see that it has been explored, but also to be able to
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identify it and look up a description or survey for any cave in Austria.
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Each area has one locally-based person responsible for allocating "official"
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numbers in the kataster.
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<p>Cavers actually exploring caves in an area may use their own provisional
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names or numbers (many of which appear in these pages). CUCC use easily
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fabricated aluminium tags with our own internal number as a temporary
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measure during early exploration.
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<p>If caves have been explored by groups not recognised by the local cavers,
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or caves have been inadequately documented and may be rediscoveries, then
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they may still be known only by old provisional numbers. In our area, there
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are a few insignificant caves found by CUCC which have numbers like "B8"
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(though we are currently documenting the ones we can actually find more fully
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to give them "proper" numbers). Further north, there are numbers like "LA23"
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or "BS17" explored by Lancaster University Speleological Society and the
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University of Bristol Spelaeological Society respectively.
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<p>The Austrians periodically publish summary lists of caves for each area,
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and within these lists, each cave has a status code, such as "3/S/E +".
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The number represents the extent of the cave on a scale from 0-9, the
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letters denote the sort of cave it is, and the symbol at the end stands
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for the current state of exploration.
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<hr>
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<table border=3>
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<b><tr><td>Length</td><td>Depth</td><td>code</td></tr></b>
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<tr><td>unknown</td><td>unknown</td><td>0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>5m but <50m</td><td>5m but <50m</td><td>1</td></tr>
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<tr><td>50m but <500m</td><td>50m but <100m</td><td>2</td></tr>
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<tr><td>500m but <5km</td><td>100m but <200m</td><td>3</td></tr>
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<tr><td>5km but <10km</td><td>200m but <500m</td><td>4</td></tr>
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<tr><td>10km but <25km</td><td>500m but <750m</td><td>5</td></tr>
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<tr><td>25km but <50km</td><td>750m but <1000m</td><td>6</td></tr>
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<tr><td>50km but <100km</td>
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<td>1000m but <1250m</td><td>7</td></tr>
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<tr><td>100km but <500km</td>
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<td>1250m but <1500m</td><td>8</td></tr>
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<tr><td>500km or over</td><td>1500m or over</td><td>9</td></tr>
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</table>
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<p>If length and depth give different codes, then the cave gets the greater
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of the two.
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<hr>
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<menu>
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<li>T Trockenhöhlen (Dry caves)
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<li>W Wasserhöhlen (Caves with water)
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<li>(W) Zeitweilig aktiv Wasserhöhlen (Caves with seasonal water)
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<li>E Eishöhlen (Caves with ice formations)
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<li>S Schachthöhlen (Caves with pitches)
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<li>H Halbhöhlen (Rock shelters ?)
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</menu>
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<hr>
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<menu>
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<li>- unerforscht (unexplored)
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<li>= befahren (visited)
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<li>× teilweise vermessen (partly surveyed)
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<li>+ erforscht (exploration considered complete)
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</menu>
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<hr>
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<p>So, for instance, the Kaninchenhöhle, 1623/161, gets the code
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"5/S/E ×", because it is 22 km long and just over 500m deep (both
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rate a "5"), is principally a vertical cave, but also has passages with ice,
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and been extensively explored, but there are still many leads to push.
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<hr>
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<font size=-1><p>Some of our older cave descriptions (mostly for caves we
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have not explored and know little about) use an older system:
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<li>0 length/depth unknown
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<li>1 caves from 5 to 50m long (Kleinehöhlen) or deep (Schächte)
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<li>2 caves from 50-500m long (Mittelhöhlen) or deep (Großschächte)
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<li>3 caves from 500m to 5km long (Großhöhlen) or over 500m deep (Riesenschächte)
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<li>4 caves from 5 to 50km long (Riesenhöhlen)
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<li>5 caves over 50km long
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</menu>
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<hr>
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<!-- LINKS -->
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Back to <a href="index.htm">Expedition Intro page</a><br>
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<b>Main Indices:</b><br>
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<a href="infodx.htm"><b>Index</b> to Expo</a> information pages<br>
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<a href="areas.htm">Description of CUCC's area</a> and split to subareas<br>
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Full <a href="indxal.htm">Index to cave descriptions</a> in area 1623<br>
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List of (links to) <a href="pubs.htm">published reports and logbooks</a><br>
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