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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.
Krubera-Voronja cave is inhabited by endemic species, including four springtails discovered during the CAVEX Team expedition of 2010: Anurida stereoodorata, Deuteraphorura kruberaensis, Schaefferia profundissima, and Plutomurus ortobalaganensis; the last of these is the deepest terrestrial animal ever found on Earth, living 1,980 metres (6,500 ...
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.
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 ]
This list of deepest mines includes operational and non-operational mines that are at least 2,224 m (7,297 ft), which is the depth of Krubera Cave, the deepest known natural cave in the world. The depth measurements in this list represent the difference in elevation from the entrance of the mine to the deepest excavated point.
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.
Sistema Huautla is the deepest cave in the Western Hemisphere and the ninth deepest cave in the world, tied in depth with the cave Hirlatzhöhle of Austria; it is listed as the twenty-ninth longest at about 62.2 miles of surveyed passages compared to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, USA, the longest cave system in the world at 420+ miles. [2]
Boybuloq (also known as Boy-Bulok and Boj-Bulok, [a] Uzbek: Boybuloq, Russian: Бой-Булок) is a limestone cave in Uzbekistan, the deepest cave in Central Asia and all Asia except its western part. The cave is 1,517 metres (4,977 ft) deep and 18,400 metres (60,400 ft) long with the main entrance at an elevation of 2,647 metres (8,684 ft).