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At 2,209 meters (7,247 ft) deep, it is the deepest-known cave on Earth. [1] [2] Veryovkina is in the Arabika Massif, in the Gagra mountain range of the Western Caucasus, on the pass between the Krepost [3] and Zont [4] mountains, close to the slopes of Mount Krepost. Its entrance is 2,285 meters (7,497 ft) above sea level. [5] The entrance of ...
Another deep cave in the valley, located in its very upper part and explored by Moldavian and Ukrainian cavers is Berchilskaya Cave, 770 m (2,530 ft) deep. All large caves of the Ortobalagan Valley likely belong to a single hydrological system, connected to large submarine springs at the Black Sea shore.
This list of deepest caves includes the deepest known natural caves according to maximum surveyed depth as of 2024. The depth value is measured from the highest to the lowest accessible cave point. The depth value is measured from the highest to the lowest accessible cave point.
Ellison's Cave is a pit cave located in Walker County, on Pigeon Mountain in the Appalachian Plateaus of Northwest Georgia. It is the 12th deepest cave in the United States and features the deepest unobstructed pit in the continental US, named Fantastic Pit. The cave is over 12 miles (19.31 km) long and extends 1063 feet (324 m) vertically. [1]
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The Arabika contains a number of remarkable caves, gorges, wells, and precipices, including the three deepest-measured caves in the world, Sarma cave (1,830 m, 6,000 ft), Veryovkina Cave (2,209 m, 7,247 ft), and Voronya Cave (2,224 m, 7,297 ft). Alexander Kruber was the first to explore some of these features in 1909.
The cave stretches back over 5 miles, complete with a river cutting through the stone. The Hand of Dog stalagmite stretches over 70 meters high and is thought to be the tallest in the world.
The range is mostly made up of limestone, with pronounced karst topography and is characterized by many deep canyons created by rivers. The deepest cave in the world, the Veryovkina Cave, is located in the Arabika Massif of the Gagra Range. A highway to Lake Ritsa runs by the range, along the Bzyb, Iupshara and Gega rivers.