| Lamprechtsofen | |
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| Lamprechtshöhle | |
 Steps descending into the public portion of Lamprechtsofen | |
  Location of Lamprechtsofen in Austria | |
| 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 |
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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]
- ^ a b Duckeck, Jochen (April 25, 2013). "Lamprechtsofen". Show Caves of Austria. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ a b Pfarr, Theo; Seebacher, Robert; Plan, Lukas (2023-02-15). "Die tiefsten Höhlen Österreichs" (PDF). Verband Österreichischer Höhlenforscher.
- ^ Courbon, Paul (1989). Atlas of the Great Caves of the World. Cave Books. p. 146. ISBN 9780939748211.
- ^ Gunn, John (2004). Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science. Taylor & Francis. p. 674. ISBN 9781579583996.