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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.
The cave advanced to the second deepest in the world, after Krubera (Voronya) cave. Early August 2017 – the PSC explored the cave to a depth of 2,151 m (7,057 ft). An ancient collector of the karst aquifer system with extensive horizontal tunnels, not typical for the Arabika Massif , was discovered.
Hranice Abyss. Hranice Abyss (Czech: Hranická propast) is the deepest flooded pit cave in the world. It is a karst sinkhole near the town of Hranice, Czech Republic.The greatest confirmed depth is 519.5 m (1,704 ft), of which 450 m (1,476 ft) is underwater.
It became the deepest-known cave in the world in 2003 when the expedition of the Ukrainian Speleological Association reached a depth of 1,910 m (6,270 ft) which exceeded the depth of the previous deepest-known cave, Lamprechtsofen, in the Austrian Alps, by 80 metres (260 ft).
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 ]
Mark Dickey, 40, is an experienced caver who embarked on an expedition mission to map one of the deepest caves in the world – the Morca cave system in southern Turkey.
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).
From 1953 to 1963, it was regarded as the deepest cave in the world at −1,122 metres (−3,681 ft), relinquishing this title to the previous contender, Pierre Saint Martin, in 1964, after further exploration. The Gouffre Berger is now ranked 39th deepest cave in the world, and the 4th in France.