 At its southern edge, the Dol Canyon widens into a typical karst polje, dominated by Lake Doberdò.The village of Doberdò is located west of Dol Canyon, on an elevated section of the Carso Plateau known as the Doberdò Karst ("Carso di Doberdò", "Doberdobski Kras").On the east side of the Dol Canyon rises the plateau known as the Trieste and Komen Karst ("Tržaško-komenski Kras"), which continues eastward and southward into neighboring Slovenia.