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Uhlovitsa (Bulgarian: Ухловица) is a show cave in the Blue Pools Area (Bulgarian: Mестността „Сините вирове“, or Mestnostta "Sinite virove") in the Smolyan Province of the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. The cave is close to Mogilitsa village and 37 and 47 km away from Pamporovo and Chepelare respectively. About 3000 tourists visit the cave every year.

Uhlovitsa is about 460 m long, 330 m of which are well-explored and developed. It is 1040 metres above sea level. The average temperature is about 10–11°C.

Many corallites can be found in the cave, as can an impressive flowstone formation known as the Icefall at its end.

The cave was discovered in 1967 by Dimitar and Georgi Raichev. The name Uhlovitsa comes from the word "улулица", meaning Strix.

References

1. "Uhlovitsa cave". Visit to Bulgaria. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
2. "Uhlovitsa cave". Gowhere.bg. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
3. "Uhlovitsa Cave - welcome to the underground Rhodope palace". Radio Bulgaria. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

v t e Caves in Bulgaria (List of caves)
Show caves	Bacho Kiro cave Devetashka cave Devil's Throat Cave Ledenika Magura Cave Orlova Chuka Utroba Cave Prohodna Saeva dupka Snezhanka Cave Uhlovitsa Venetsa Yagodinska cave
Other caves	Duhlata Kozarnika Lepenitsa Cave Morovitsa Raychova Dupka Temnata Dupka Vreloto

v t e Smolyan Municipality
Capital: Smolyan
Villages	Aligovska Arda Belev dol Bilyanska Borikovo Bostina Bukata Bukatsite Chamla Chepleten Chereshkite Chereshovo Chereshovska Reka Chokmanovo Chuchur Dimovo Dunevo Elenska Elyovo Fatovo Gabritsa Gela Gozdevitsa Gorna Arda Gorovo Gradat Gudevitsa Hasovitsa Isyovtsi Katranitsa Kiselichevo Kokorkovo Koshnitsa Kremene Kukuvitsa Kutela Laka Levochevo Lipets Lyulka Milkovo Mogilitsa Momchilovtsi Mugla Nadartsi Oreshitsa Ostri Pazlak Petkovo Peshtera Pisanitsa Podvis Polkovnik Serafimovo Poprelka Potoka Rechani Reka Rovina Selishte Shiroka Laka Sivino Slaveyno Smilyan Sokolovtsi Solishta Sredok Stikal Stoykite Sarnino Strazha Taran Tikale Trebishte Turyan Varbovo Vievo Vlahovo Valchan Zaevite Zmievo
Landmarks	Agushevi konatsi Bulgarian National Astronomical Observatory Church of Saint Vissarion of Smolyan Smolyan Lakes Snezhanka Uhlovitsa Cave
Culture	Smolyan dialect Rozhen National Folklore Fair The Rhodopi International Theater Collective PFC Rodopa Smolyan
Notable people	Vasil Angelov Valya Balkanska Dicho Uzunov Assen Vassilev

• Tourist attractions in Smolyan Province
• Show caves in Bulgaria
• Rhodope Mountains
• Limestone caves