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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.
Velebitaška jama, also known as Batinova jama or Jama na Jazbinjaku, [1] is the deepest pit cave and second deepest cave on the Medvednica massif behind Veternica, at 45 m, at one point the deepest [ 2 ] : 30 It is located in an area with many pit caves, but is one of the largest among these, [ 3 ] : 26 with a complex horizontal and vertical ...
A popular cave diving destination, Pluragrotta attracts more divers than any other cave in Scandinavia. Visibility in the cave waters is high. The cave's passages were formed by the flow of the Plura river over limestone, and the cave system includes marble formations. A number of species have been identified in the cave ecosystem.
The integration of the entire system will produce a 2,597 metres (8,520 ft) deep cave and would represent the deepest cave in the world. [11] [12] During the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 Cheve Cave reached 55 kilometres (34 miles) in length and a depth of 1,524 metres (5,000 ft) compared to the Palomitas cave entrance [13]
Overview of the geographical position and 3D cave cross-section. The Velebit mountains of Croatia have several deep caves with some of the world's largest subterranean vertical drops. The "Lukina jama" cave is 1431 m deep (2013), the deepest cave in Croatia, 14th deepest cave in the world and the deepest cave in southeast Europe. [1]
Until resurveyed in 2022, it was considered the deepest cave in Greece, with an explored depth of 1,208 metres (3,963 ft), [2] and was the 43rd deepest in the world in 2010. [3] Following the re-survey conducted by the Gourgouthakas expedition of 2022, [ 4 ] the depth has been re-evaluated at 1,100 metres (3,600 ft).
Tham Luang Nang Non (Thai: ถ้ำหลวงนางนอน, lit. 'Great Cave of the Sleeping Lady', RTGS: Tham Luang Nang Non, pronounced [tʰâm lǔaŋ nāːŋ nɔ̄ːn]) Also known as Tham Luang, and Tham Yai is a karstic cave system in the Tham Luang–Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park, near the village of Pong Pha, in northern Thailand. [2]
With a depth of 1,735 m (5,692 ft), it is one of the deepest caves in the world. Before the discovery of the Krubera Cave in Georgia , it was the deepest-known cave in the world. Lamprechtsofen is located 2 km (1.2 mi) northwest of Weißbach bei Lofer ( Salzburg ), Austria , in the Leogang Mountains .