Plateau paleokarst is a typical feature of the Mesozoic carbonate sequences of the Western Carpathians. A series of paleokarst plateaux are formed, marked by more or less level surfaces. The paleokarst plateaux are divided from each other, by deep canyon like valleys. On the surface of plateaux and underground, a wide range of different karst forms and sediments are present. Typical plateau paleokarst was formed especially on carbonate rocks of the Middle and Upper Triassic ages, most notably on Wetterstein limestones, but also on Gutenstein, Steinalm, Tisovec and Furmanec limestones and dolomites. Plateau paleokarst was formed during the longest and most significant periods of karst formation in the Western Carpathians, which we identity as Paleo-Alpine. Its beginning may be roughly limited by the Lower? Cretaceous, and its end by the Eocene in the north, or the Oligo-Miocene in the south.