Lamprechtsofen | |
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Lamprechtshöhle | |
Location | Weißbach bei Lofer, Austria |
Coordinates | 47°31′34″N 12°44′21″E / 47.52611°N 12.73917°E[1] |
Depth | 1,727 m (5,666 ft)[2] |
Length | 51 km (32 mi)[2] |
Elevation | 664 m (2,178 ft)[3] |
Geology | Dachstein limestone[4] |
Website | lamprechtshoehle.at |
Lamprechtsofen (also called Lamprechtshöhle, Lamprechtsofenhöhle or, together with a connected cave, Lamprechtsofen-Vogelschacht) is a limestone karst river cave in Austria. 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.[1]