Krubera Cave - Voronya Cave - Voronja Cave
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| Krubera Cave - Voronya Cave - Voronja Cave |
The Krubera Cave (or the Voronya Cave, sometimes spelt the Voronja Cave) is the deepest known cave on Earth. It is located in the Arabika Massif of the Gagrinsky Range of the Western Caucasus, in the Gagra district of Abkhazia.
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| Krubera Cave - Voronya Cave - Voronja Cave |
The difference in the altitude of the cave's entrance and its deepest explored point is 2,191 ± 20 metres (7,188 ± 66 ft). It became the deepest-known cave in the world in 2001 when the expedition of the
Ukrainian Speleological Association reached a depth of 1,710 m (5,610 ft) which exceeded the depth of the previously deepest cave.
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| Krubera Cave - Voronya Cave - Voronja Cave |
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