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Veryovkina Cave

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Deepest cave in the world.

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Veryovkina Cave
Veryovkina Cave (also spelled Verëvkina Cave, Georgian: ვერიოვკინის მღვიმე) is a cave in Abkhazia, a region of Georgia. At 2,212 meters (7,257 ft) deep, it is the deepest-known cave on Earth.[1][2] Its entrance is 2,285 metres (7,497 ft) above sea level.[3] The entrance of the cave has a cross section of 3 m × 4 m (9.8 ft × 13.1 ft), and is located in the Arabika Massif in the Gagra Mountain Range of the West Caucasus, on the pass between the Krepost[4] and Zont[5] mountains, closer to the slopes of Mount Krepost. The depth of the entrance shaft is 32 metres (105 ft).[6]

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