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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.
This is a list of caves of the world that have articles or that are properly cited. They are sorted by continent and then country. They are sorted by continent and then country. Caves which are in overseas territories on a different continent than the home country are sorted by the territory's continent and name.
Mammoth Cave, the world's longest known cave system. This list of longest caves includes caves in which the combined length of documented passageways exceeds 100 kilometres (62 mi). In some of these caves, passageways are still being discovered. [1] [2]
Caves have been home to some of the most fascinating legends in modern history. From the cavernous version of hell in Dante's "Inferno" to epic kingdoms underneath mountains in J.R.R Tolkien's ...
This list of longest caves by country includes the longest-known natural cave per country. To be listed, the caves must have been surveyed to cave surveying standards , and the results published in reliable sources.
Podolia and Bukovina regions in the northeastern edge of the Carpathian Mountains which includes some of the largest gypsum caves in the world, including the Optymistychna Cave, which is over 200,000 meters in length, making it the longest cave in Eurasia, the third longest in the world, and the longest gypsum cave in the world. [citation needed]
Troglophiles - can live part or all of their lives in caves, but can also complete a life cycle in appropriate environments on the surface. [100] Trogloxenes - frequents caves, and may require caves for a portion of its life cycle, but must return to the surface. [100] Troglomorphism - the adaptations that allow the existence of troglofauna. [101]
Albert Park tunnels – World War II civilian air raid shelters sealed in 1946 Te Wairoa – "The Buried Village", a Maori village buried by volcanic eruption in 1886 Wairau Bar – rivermouth site of pre-European Maori settlement