The Veryovkina cave in Abkhazia, Georgia is the deepest cave in the world, with a depth of around 2200m. It also hosts the worlds deepest living animal and still isn’t fully explored.
The Veryovkina cave in Abkhazia, Georgia is the deepest cave in the world, with a depth of around 2200m. It also hosts the worlds deepest living animal and still isn’t fully explored.
“During an expedition in 2021, PST found the body of a caver, who died exploring on his own, at −1,100 meters (−3,600 ft). He was later identified as Sergei Kozeev, who left his home in Sochi (Russia) on 1 November 2020 and began descent into Veryovkina, where he spent around a week at a −600 meters (−2,000 ft) permanent camp. Then he continued his descent down to technically challenging parts at −1,100 meters (−3,600 ft) where he got stuck, and died of hypothermia. He did not bring stirrups necessary to climb out of the lower, perpetually wet, regions of the cave. [17] The body was eventually recovered after a complex retrieval operation on 17 August 2021.[18]”
not as bad as Nutty Putty… but still , the guy was all alone (stupid) and died because he couldn’t climb out.
superstar95 on
How do they know how deep it is? How much of it has been explored? This type of thing both blows my mind and fascinates me.
InsulatorDisk on
Looks like an alien hive. Don’t dig too deep or wake up something down there.
eyesarered on
climbing back up the 2.2km you went down must be a real pain
Guilty_One85 on
That’s a no for me I’ll keep my feet on solid ground!! I ain’t going deep into the earth to explore no thanks!!
Forward-Specific5651 on
😳
ThePracticalPenquin on
Animal or insect?
LforLiktor on
Seriously, stop going deeper or someone will awaken the Balrog. 2026 is exciting enough already.
Also there’s a very interesting story out there somewhere about a previous expedition encountering severe flooding while they were down there with some pictures. Would definitely look it up if you like caving stories
novocaine666 on
Deeper than the Mariana Trench?
Renbarre on
And flooding! No thanks !
Deltarune_Potato on
mystery flesh pit demo version
OfficeZestyclose9952 on
Talk about a bummer, I was expecting a huge cave spider or a pale and blind tribe of humans who went underground 200,000 years ago.
Percolator2020 on
FearlessFox6416 on
Insects aren’t animals. Just saying…
throwawaybyefelicia on
Just looking at those photos makes me feel so uneasy… it’s so incredible but also the sheer scale of it is terrifying
FatalisCogitationis on
You know for a minute there I though you were saying the animal itself was the deepest and I thought “how deep can an animal even be”
Captain_brick121 on
ebojrc on
These photos are not of Veryovkina but of Fantastic Pit in Ellisons, Alabama.
Source – am a caver
Substantial-Fudge-95 on
This is amazing!
nektar on
Technically the world’s deepest living animal would be in the Mariana trench, not this cave.
One_Mega_Zork on
How far of a drive from Atlanta is this?
/S
Ohioisapoopyflorida on
Thats not a cave, thats a tunnel to the u underworld
braxtel on
yungandreww on
that dude looks like he’s hanging for life
prostateExamination on
when is anything ever actually explored? things just keep getting smaller and smaller our microscopes bigger and bigger.. is their an end?
Sure-Doctor-2052 on
Who goes there
Swimming_Horror_3757 on
Yall got them tourist elevators ?
Light_Butterfly on
I’m having anxiety just looking at this button 👉
Sciencebitchs on
Georgia is coming through again with more amazing things
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Gollum!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veryovkina_Cave
“During an expedition in 2021, PST found the body of a caver, who died exploring on his own, at −1,100 meters (−3,600 ft). He was later identified as Sergei Kozeev, who left his home in Sochi (Russia) on 1 November 2020 and began descent into Veryovkina, where he spent around a week at a −600 meters (−2,000 ft) permanent camp. Then he continued his descent down to technically challenging parts at −1,100 meters (−3,600 ft) where he got stuck, and died of hypothermia. He did not bring stirrups necessary to climb out of the lower, perpetually wet, regions of the cave. [17] The body was eventually recovered after a complex retrieval operation on 17 August 2021.[18]”
not as bad as Nutty Putty… but still , the guy was all alone (stupid) and died because he couldn’t climb out.
How do they know how deep it is? How much of it has been explored? This type of thing both blows my mind and fascinates me.
Looks like an alien hive. Don’t dig too deep or wake up something down there.
climbing back up the 2.2km you went down must be a real pain
That’s a no for me I’ll keep my feet on solid ground!! I ain’t going deep into the earth to explore no thanks!!
😳
Animal or insect?
Seriously, stop going deeper or someone will awaken the Balrog. 2026 is exciting enough already.
Was curious about the critters:
[https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/2fb8fd9b065c4da58b2830e61b5063f5](https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/2fb8fd9b065c4da58b2830e61b5063f5)
Super cool video of the place;
https://youtu.be/OPUTLWhhqCo?si=r3UlrTFVwEC_W0xo
Also there’s a very interesting story out there somewhere about a previous expedition encountering severe flooding while they were down there with some pictures. Would definitely look it up if you like caving stories
Deeper than the Mariana Trench?
And flooding! No thanks !
mystery flesh pit demo version
Talk about a bummer, I was expecting a huge cave spider or a pale and blind tribe of humans who went underground 200,000 years ago.
Insects aren’t animals. Just saying…
Just looking at those photos makes me feel so uneasy… it’s so incredible but also the sheer scale of it is terrifying
You know for a minute there I though you were saying the animal itself was the deepest and I thought “how deep can an animal even be”
These photos are not of Veryovkina but of Fantastic Pit in Ellisons, Alabama.
Source – am a caver
This is amazing!
Technically the world’s deepest living animal would be in the Mariana trench, not this cave.
How far of a drive from Atlanta is this?
/S
Thats not a cave, thats a tunnel to the u underworld
that dude looks like he’s hanging for life
when is anything ever actually explored? things just keep getting smaller and smaller our microscopes bigger and bigger.. is their an end?
Who goes there
Yall got them tourist elevators ?
I’m having anxiety just looking at this button 👉
Georgia is coming through again with more amazing things
https://preview.redd.it/8uzx5vl0qtsg1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fad5a4a5b3efe7ee1099543e7587cd3f736f3a37
For scale…
according to Wikipedia it is the second deepest cave after a 2024 revision.
That’s a reptilian base. I know, I’ve seen Above Majestic.