[4] The widely branched cave with 35 entrances is located at Bad Ischl in the border area between Upper Austria and Styria.

The area around the Schönberg cave system is researched, measured and mapped by the Landesverein für Höhlenkunde Oberösterreich.

[5] Within Europe there are longer systems on the territory of Ukraine (Optymistychna Cave), Switzerland (Hölloch, Siebenhengste-Hohgant-Höhle) and Spain's (Sistema del Alto).

The northernmost foothills underlay the Feuertal and extend to the Hanging Kogel (1,895 metres (6,217 ft)), under which the end hall ("Another Day In Paradise") is also located.

[citation needed] The Schönberg cave system is located in a large block of the Dachstein Formation of the Northern Limestone Alps.