FAQ

What is the deepest cave?

Veryovkina Cave in Georgia at 2,212 m deep, followed by Krubera-Voronya Cave at 2,197 m. Both are in the Arabika Massif of the Western Caucasus.

What is the longest cave?

Mammoth Cave in Kentucky at 685 km of surveyed passages. New passages are still being discovered. Sistema Ox Bel Ha in Mexico has 435 km of underwater tunnels.

What is the largest cave chamber?

Son Doong in Vietnam has the largest passage by volume, 5 km long with its own weather. The Sarawak Chamber in Malaysia is the largest single underground room at 600 m x 415 m x 80 m.

What is the oldest cave painting?

A red disk in Spains El Castillo Cave dated to 40,800 years ago. Chauvet Caves paintings date to 32,000 years ago. These represent some of the earliest known human artistic expression.