Veryovkina Cave

Veryovkina Cave
155 m [508 ft] deep Babatunda pit at −400 m [1312 ft], the largest shaft in the cave
LocationAbkhazia,[note 1] Georgia
Coordinates43°24′56″N 40°21′23″E / 43.41556°N 40.35639°E / 43.41556; 40.35639
Depth2,209 meters (7,247 ft)
Length17,500 meters (57,400 ft)
Discovery1968
GeologyLimestone
Map

Veryovkina Cave (also spelled Verëvkina Cave, Georgian: ვერიოვკინის მღვიმე, romanized: veriovk'inis mghvime, Abkhaz: Вериовкин иҳаԥы) is a cave in Abkhazia,[note 1] a disputed region of Georgia. At 2,209 meters (7,247 ft) deep, it is the deepest-known cave on Earth.[1][2] Veryovkina is in the Arabika Massif, in the Gagra mountain range of the Western Caucasus, on the pass between the Krepost[3] and Zont[4] mountains, close to the slopes of Mount Krepost. Its entrance is 2,285 meters (7,497 ft) above sea level.[5] The entrance of the cave has a cross section of 3 m × 4 m (9.8 ft × 13.1 ft), and the depth of the entrance shaft is 32 m (105 ft).[6] The confirmed depth of the cave is 2,209 m (7,247 ft) (including 26 m (85 ft) in the lower siphon).[7]


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