10 Deepest Caves in the World

your mom's butthole is way deeper.

How did you come up with this list? Lechugilla Cave should be the 5th deepest in the world, yet it is nowhere to be found on your list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lechuguilla_Cave

Pictures like these make me realize how small we humans are. Just amazing!!

your mom’s butthole is way deeper.

His moms butthole certainly wasn't made so deep by your little penis stemmy.

Absolutely amazing!

But, are the deepest caves all in Europe due to some geological features or is it that speleology is not as developed or popular in other continents?

And a second question, what is it that voids these caverns of matter? Underwater rivers?

Why dont they just drop down a GPS tracking device once they get down to 7,000 ft and see how far it goes.
scientests alway shave to be scientifc

stemmy, while correct and rather funny.... I take offense that you would say such things without providing the necessary pictures as evidence.

Good day Sir.

No, it just felt that way because you are so small.

This is pretty cool. I have always had interest in caves but never read much on them.

scary places ...

All this caving will disappear when some new tech Sat. in space can see clear through the planet and map all the caves under 24 hours.
At this point it will be a race to see who can plant the flag at the bottom of the world first.

This is pretty cool. I have always had interest in caves but never read much on them.

Then you're not really interested in caves...

Why dont they just drop down a GPS tracking device once they get down to 7,000 ft and see how far it goes.
scientests alway shave to be scientifc

GPS only works by receiving a time encoded signal from at least four of the positioning satellites and those signals will not penetrate rock. You'd be better off dropping an altimeter with and radio transmitter but I still think you'd have issues. Most caves I've seen are not straight shots down.

So... how do you measure it? From the surface, or from sea level?

I usually measure mind from the base. If you trim the sack, it looks bigger.

I'm wondering where the deepest caves are that are accessible my non-professionals are.

I figure most deep caves have an element of danger, but I imagine there are plenty of places where you can go on an expidition quite deep?

Adrian

Lechugilla Cave is only 1,604 ft deep.

You must be an upcoming contestant on the "smarter than a 5th grader" show. -- Good Luck, yer gonna need it

Adrian Bet you feel stupid

Read your wikipedia article again.

Guy above me beat me to it =O

Why dont they just drop down a GPS tracking device once they get down to 7,000 ft and see how far it goes.scientests alway shave to be scientifc

First off, GPS is line of sight. If the device can not literally see the satellite it won't tell you a thing.

Secondly your question assumes it is a hole in the ground that shoots straight down to 7k feet. Caves do not work this way. you may go down 1200 feet and have to move laterally for a few hundred feet to find another abyss then start down that one.

this should be relatively obvious when you read it takes them 3 days to get down 7,000 feet.

That cave is the fifth LONGEST in the world. These pictures are of impressive depth-drops, not long caves that some sniveling brat brings up to play "stump the blogger."

Adrian FTW! Watch out for his mad wikipedia skillz0rz!!!

I have only been spelunking once, but never had the chance to go down so far! Wow those are deep! Thanks for posting all the pic's too!

How did you come up with this list? Lechugilla Cave should be the 5th deepest in the world, yet it is nowhere to be found on your list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lechuguilla_Cave

That cave is the 5th LONGEST! not deepest... Lechuguilla Cave is only 489m deep.
Read before you write.

Abkhazia is NOT part of Georgia. It has won its independence against Georgian policies of pure genocide and has no intention of ever having anything to do with that country. The caves there are pretty awesome though, I've been to some...

GPS is not "line of sight", if so, why does it work in a building? It's line of transmission, and generally, GPS pickup is worse than that of cell phones, your standard GPS struggles with reception in a SUBWAY, these caves are several KM deep, you'd still be in the top 10 million deepest caves when the GPS lost reception.
This assumes that it's a straight shaft, which caves almost never are.

your mom’s butthole is way deeper.

Ding-a-ling-a-ling, cowbell of shame on you.

I am credited with taking the first cave photo but that is not true. That photo was taken by Plamen Stoev. His original photo can be found on Flickr at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87103132@N00/1388635050

Please update the article text with the correct photographer.

Brian

Thanks Brian - we have updated it.

Chris

Unless they find a long lost race of lizard people or something, why should anyone care?

I'd like to see some base jumping into these caves like they do in Mexico! Parachuting 2km into a cave of darkness??? AWESOME!!!!! Then, the trick is, how do you get out... if by the method used in Mexico, it would take hours! Nevertheless, it'd be more entertaining than golf, I think! Love the pix!! Thanks for posting this article!!! Nice work! :)

Can you host your own images? This fad of having the images for your site hosted on a photo hosting website is a huge step backward. Why? Do you not own your own web space? Many firewalls block these image hosting websites and prohibit many viewers from seeing any of your pictures. So your blog looks like a defunct page from the 90's. Host your own images!

To Axel:
It is geology that determines the depth potential of a cave. places like the US have developeda dn popular speleology, but the rock is not thick enough for caves to be that deep. The countries mentioned, in addition to mexico and china, are about the only places with record-setting limestone.

The caves in china have not been explored to their full potential, because caving is not as saccesible there. The caves in mexico are being extensively explored, but the caves are very long in addition to deep, so it takes much more effort to get far down.

And yes, caves are formed by water flowing through imperfections in limestone, eventually eroding them until there is human-size passage.

And to the question about how depth is measured, it is vertical extent from the entrance to the bottom, not in relation to sea level.

what about Mel's Hole somewhere in the usa. he was on Art Bell show something about droping over 85,000 feet fishing line in the hole and never hit bottom. i think you can still read his story on AOL search. just put in Mel's hole. it a pretty wired story. something about the gov. took his land now there down under.

I figure most deep caves have an element of danger, but I imagine there are plenty of places where you can go on an expidition quite deep?

ALL caves have an element of danger...ALL OF THEM!!! It doesnt matter if its deep or not.

What is the name of the world's
longest unexplored cave?

Which is the deepest undiscovered
cave?

Cavers have my utmost respect. It's not for the claustrophobic. I've been in a few caves, and even in the smaller ones you can get into a heap of trouble fast. They're filthy, cold, and packed with dangers like breakdowns and squeezes.
With these giant pit caves, you have to be in top marathoner shape, because you essentially are climbing up and down a rope most of the time, and if your legs or arms give out, you are in major trouble.
That said, caves are really cool, and I mean that figuratively.

A lot of guys have done some backdoor cave exploring on me, if you know what I mean. wink-wink

How did you come up with this list? Lechugilla Cave should be the 5th deepest in the world, yet it is nowhere to be found on your list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lechuguilla_Cave

It says longest in the world, not deepest, according the article you posted it's only 1,604ft deep, about a 1/3rd the depth of these listed above.

What is the name of the world’slongest unexplored cave?
Which is the deepest undiscoveredcave?

I'm wondering??? If any cave is unexplored or undiscovered, how or why would you think that anyone would have information on it's length or depth or any information at all? It is UNEXPLORED/UNDISCOVERED .

While I can appreciate to efforts of these speluncter folks, these caves are far from reaching the center of the earth. All are in mountain ranges. Even the deepest of the caves might reach sea-level. Tell me I am wrong.

susieq, you idiot. it was an obvious joke you moron.

The top of Mt. Semnoz in the French Alps (Hte.Savoie)near Lake Annecy is covered with funnel- type holes of all sizes_ inches to yards_ where the ground has collapsed requiring care on even a casual stroll. The bodies of cows that frequently fell in (before protective fencing) have appeared (and be identified by marks and cowbells) in lake Annecy, Lake Bourget and Lake Leman. These lakes form a rough triangle of way over 50 kilometers from the top of the mountain.I don't know how far spelunkers have penetrated the caves but know that the entire mountain is honeycombed and practically hollow. Lake Annecy has a so-called bottomless chasm on the side opposite to the location of the mountain, yet that is where carcasses have surfaced, so the caves must extend beneath and across the width of the lake.
Does anyone know more about Mt. Semnoz? e-mail me. Esmi

Why cant you just enjoy the thrill of discovery and the mystery of the unknown underground. Caves are beautiful places and at times filled with danger where only the experienced should go. Think before you spout off. Caving is a science that many enjoy. Good luck to cavers and pray it goes deep.

have you noticed that the left hand image of cehi 1image 1 on the left side near the top 1/3 of the way from the left looks like a man i see a face a coat a right arm and handstrange or what

after your stupid/assinine article that bashed Phish fans...i vowed to never come back to your crappy website. My plan was working until i was linked back to this crappy site via another site. Nice try but your site still blows!

The publisher's of environmental grafitti allegedly smoke/consume crack!

Well, according to websites, Wikipedia isn't reliable because it was created by people and cannot be considered a reliable source. (i.e. Stephen Colberts' "truthiness" has now become a word on the site.) Alas, our country's language has suffered a downfall also with such words as bootylicious being added to our dictionaries as well.

Wow... I didn't realize there were so many places I had never heard of. Its all amazing.
I want to be able to explore and get into those places one day.
Its a tad scary... by the looks but I guess I want the experience. =]

Love from
13 year old girl...

While I can appreciate to efforts of these speluncter folks, these caves are far from reaching the center of the earth. All are in mountain ranges. Even the deepest of the caves might reach sea-level. Tell me I am wrong.

Well the cave divers seem to be diving below sea level.However all the cavers that reached the center of the earth melted before they could get back with the survey information.

speleology - was very interesting to read ..... man ....we humans deserve a salute where all we have reached and what all we think of ..... the human mind ..ha ha ha

now if we could just figure out how to get the entire state of texas into one of these...