This map of the Krubera cave shows that it is the deepest cave on earth. This knowledge was made possible by the daredevil exploits of Ukrainian diver Gennadiy Samokhin, who went into the cave multiple times and helped map it.
At 2,197 m, the Krubera cave is the deepest cave on Earth and the only known cave deeper than 2,000 m. Its depth is roughly equal to the height of six Eiffel Towers stacked on top of one another. It is located in the Western Caucasus of Georgia.
At 2,197 meters (7,208 feet) the Krubera cave is the deepest on Earth. Located in the Arabika Massif, of the Western Caucasus in Abkhazia, Georgia, it extends for 13.432 kilometers (8,346 miles.)
Samokhin dived into the cave's terminal sump (the bottom section of the cave submerged by water) to a depth of 46 m in 2007, meaning he was 2,191 m deep into the cave itself. Unperturbed by the experience, he went back in 2012 and went 2,197 deep.
The map of the cave reveals its shape and winding path into deep Earth, and also shows the location of underground camps used by explorers to rest and recuperate while exploring the cave.
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