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Sistema Cheve (/ ˈ tʃ eɪ v eɪ / CHEV-ay; Spanish: Cueva Cheve, Sistema Cheve) is a deep cave located in the Sierra Juárez mountain range in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca. As of June 2023, its deepest point has been measured at 1,529 metres (5,016 ft) deep, [ 2 ] This makes it the second deepest known cavern in Mexico and the Americas ...
Sistema Huautla is a cave system in the Sierra Mazateca mountains of the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. As of April 2021 it is the deepest cave system in the Western Hemisphere, 1,560 metres (5,120 ft) from top to bottom, with over 55 miles of mapped passageways. It is the tenth deepest cave in the world.
The floor of the cave is a 333 m (1,093 ft) freefall drop from the lowest side of the opening, with a 370 m (1,210 ft) drop from the highest side, [2] making it the largest known cave shaft in the world, the second deepest pit in Mexico and perhaps the 11th deepest sheer drop in the world. [3] [a]
This list of deepest caves includes the deepest known natural caves according to maximum surveyed depth as of 2024 ... Mexico 11 Chevé Cave: 1536 ... World's Deepest ...
Sistema Huautla (Oaxaca), deepest cave in the western hemisphere (as of 2013) [2] Sistema Nohoch Nah Chich (Quintana Roo), underwater cave system; subsumed into Sac Actun in early 2007; Sistema Ox Bel Ha (Quintana Roo), world's longest underwater cave system; Sistema Sac Actun (Quintana Roo), world's second longest underwater cave system
At 150.4 miles (242.0 km), Lechuguilla Cave is the eighth-longest explored cave in the world [1] and the second deepest (1,604 feet or 489 meters) in the continental United States. [2] It is most famous for its unusual geology , rare formations , and pristine condition.
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Including connected dry caves makes Sistema Sac Actun 386.122 km (239.925 mi) long, the second longest cave in Mexico [2] and third longest worldwide. [6] On December 9, 2004, after a dive with two other teammates, Kent Hirsch and Michael Nast were drowned deep in the cave as they got lost and have exhausted their oxygen supply. [7]