Veryovkina Cave (world's deepest cave)

Veryovkina Cave (world's deepest cave)


Gagra, Georgia (GE)
Veryovkina/Verëvkina Cave (Abkhaz: Вериовкин иҳаԥы, Georgian: ვერიოვკინის მღვიმე) is a cave in Abkhazia, an occupied region of Georgia. At 2,212 m deep, it's the deepest-known cave on Earth. Veryovkina is in the Arabika Massif, in the Gagra Mountain Range of the Western Caucasus, on the pass between the Krepost and Zont mountains, close to the slopes of Mount Krepost. Its entrance is 2,285 m above sea level. The entrance of the cave has a cross section of 3 m × 4 m, and the depth of the entrance shaft is 32 m.
Veryovkina/Verëvkina Cave (Abkhaz: Вериовкин иҳаԥы, Georgian: ვერიოვკინის მღვიმე) is a cave in Abkhazia, an occupied region of Georgia. At 2,212 m deep, it's the deepest-known cave on Earth. Veryovkina is in the Arabika Massif, in the Gagra Mountain Range of the Western Caucasus, on the pass between the Krepost and Zont mountains, close to the slopes of Mount Krepost. Its entrance is 2,285 m above sea level. The entrance of the cave has a cross section of 3 m × 4 m, and the depth of the entrance shaft is 32 m.
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