Veryovkina Cave
| Veryovkina Cave | |
|---|---|
155 m [508 ft] deep Babatunda pit at −400 m [1312 ft], the largest shaft in the cave | |
| Location | Abkhazia, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 43°24′56″N 40°21′23″E / 43.41556°N 40.35639°E |
| Depth | 2,209 meters (7,247 ft) |
| Length | 17,500 meters (57,400 ft) |
| Discovery | 1968 |
| Geology | Limestone |
Veryovkina Cave (also spelled Verëvkina Cave, Georgian: ვერიოვკინის მღვიმე, romanized: veriovk'inis mghvime, Abkhaz: Вериовкин иҳаԥы) is a cave in Abkhazia, a disputed region of Georgia. At 2,209 meters (7,247 ft) deep, it is 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 meters (7,497 ft) above sea level. 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). The confirmed depth of the cave is 2,209 m (7,247 ft) (including 26 m (85 ft) in the lower siphon). Veryovkina is one of the two known caves deeper than 2,000 metres, the other being Krubera Cave in the same mountain range.