In the 72nd Year, Geographer Andrej Mihevc Passed Away

In the 72nd year of his life, on Wednesday, the karstologist, caver, scientist, and geographer Andrej Mihevc passed away, as confirmed today by the Speleological Association of Slovenia to STA. He was employed at the Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU in Postojna and authored several hundred professional works.

Mihevc lectured as a professor of karst geomorphology and speleogenesis at the Department of Geography at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana and at the University of Nova Gorica.

As a caver, he was active in various societies, organizations, and associations. He described numerous caves and drew cave plans, which he contributed to the cave registry or published.

Mihevc, who dedicated most of his research work to the geomorphology and speleogenesis of karst, also wrote the books Speleogenesis of the Divača Karst and Dinaric Karst, in addition to numerous publications in scientific journals.

As a karstologist and researcher at the Karst Research Institute, Mihevc dealt with numerous research questions in karstology until his retirement. He traversed most of the karst terrains in Slovenia and studied the morphological forms of karst areas in various geographical and hydrological locations both at home and abroad.

He presented his extensive research at conferences both domestically and internationally. He participated in the preparation of the cave law and was, among other things, a member of the government commission for resolving issues of concealed graves from 2007 to 2022, as stated on the website Faces of Slovenian Regions.