Historical Overview of Speleological Research on the Territory of Montenegro

Abstract

Montenegro represents a very suitable area for the creation of speleological objects, which has been confirmed in its previous research. The geological composition of most of its area, along with the appropriate climatic conditions, caused a very large number of extremely interesting objects to develop in its area. This, in terms of surface, small area, was the area of interest of numerous researchers. It is important to note two elements related to the research of speleological objects in Montenegro. Until the middle of the last century, we didn’t have a single domestic researcher who left any trace of this type of research, and on the other hand, almost all the most famous European researchers dealt with its area and left significant results from the conducted research. This paper deals with an overview of the most significant researches, from their beginning to the present day. Today, the past period can be clearly divided into two parts, up to the middle of the last century and after. The first part represents the dominance of foreign researchers, while in the second part we have an organized, systematic and significantly higher quality and advanced research of almost all of Montenegro and almost all areas of speleology conducted by numerous institutions from Montenegro and clubs from the country and abroad.