How deep is the world's deepest natural cave?

The world's three deepest caves are all in Abkhazia and are: Krubera-Voronja Cave (2197 metres ), Sarma (1830 metres), Illuzia-Snezhnaja-Mezhonnogo (1753 metres). The fourth is in France: Gouffre Mirolda (1733 metres). The greatest depth, 2197 metres, translates to about 1.37 miles, a mere pinprick in the earth's surface -- the distance to the centre of the earth is 3,958.8 miles!

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bullypupp

The answers are not correct as there is a cave in the United States that is deeper

Julia Brandenburg

Terry Masterson, 10.9 miles is the cave length and it is about 1.5 miles deep.

JRW

Irene Townsend, take advantage of the more info link.

Irene Townsend

I love these question where we get different answers, 10.9miles, 1.5miles deep, not to mention meters, then another 2,212meters, which is 3.174miles. Does anyone really knows the correct answer. Doubt it somehow, I don't and I guess I'll never know with Trivia Quiz

Howard Groopman

Where is Abkhazia?

Kath Thomson

Terry Masterson, the Veryovkina Cave is 2,212 meters which is 3.174 miles not 10. Even so it is the deepest cave, 15 meters deeper than the Krubera-Voronja Cave.

James Clausen

Terry Masterson, Terry do the math, aprox 1.5 miles deep. Veryovkina Cave is a cave in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia. At 2,212 meters (7,257 ft) deep, it is the deepest-known cave on Earth.