List of longest caves explained

This list of longest caves includes caves in which the combined length of documented passageways exceeds 100km (100miles). In some of these caves, passageways are still being discovered.[1] [2]

Geographical distribution

Caves are found around the world. The largest form in areas of karst landforms whose rocks dissolve easily. Preferable conditions for karst cave formation are adequate precipitation, enough plants and animals to produce ample carbon dioxide, and a landscape of gentle hills which drains slowly. The highest concentrations of long caves in the world are found in the Pennyroyal Plateau of southern Kentucky, United States, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, United States, and in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico.

List

SystemLengthLocationcoordinatesDiscoveryAssociated parks,
protected areas
1Mammoth Cave685.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on[3] [4] near Brownsville, Kentucky, United States1791Mammoth Cave National Park, also a World Heritage Site, International Biosphere Reserve, and International Dark Sky Park
2Sistema Ox Bel Ha496.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on[5] [6] near Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico1996southern parts in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve
3Shuanghedong Cave Network417.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on[7] [8] Guizhou, China1988Suiyang Shuanghedong National Geopark
4Sistema Sac Actun / Sistema Dos Ojos386.1abbr=onNaNabbr=onnear Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico1987
5Jewel Cave354.07abbr=onNaNabbr=on[9] [10] near Custer, South Dakota, United States1900Jewel Cave National Monument
6Wind Cave266.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on[11] near Hot Springs, South Dakota, United States1881Wind Cave National Park
7Optymistychna Cave264.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on[12] near Korolivka, Ukraine1966Dnistrovskyy Canion
8Clearwater Cave System257.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on[13] [14] near Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia1978Gunung Mulu National Park, also a World Heritage Site
9Lechuguilla Cave244.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on[15] [16] near Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States1900Carlsbad Caverns National Park
10Fisher Ridge Cave System212.1abbr=onNaNabbr=onnear Brownsville, Kentucky, United States1981partly within Mammoth Cave National Park
11Hölloch211.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on[17] [18] Muotathal, Switzerland1875
12Sistema del Alto Tejuelo208.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on[19] Cantabria, Spain1965
13Siebenhengste-Hohgant-Höhle164.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on[20] [21] Switzerland1966
14Schönberg Cave System156.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on[22] [23] [24] Austria1976
15Mortillano system146.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on[25] Cantabria, Spain1960
16Priest's Grotto142.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on[26] Ukraine1940
17Steinbrücken Cave137.7abbr=onNaNabbr=onAustria1929
18Marosakabe cave system124abbr=onNaNabbr=on[27] [28] Madagascar2006Tsingy de Namoroka Strict Nature Reserve
19Bullita Cave123abbr=onNaNabbr=on[29] [30] Australia1990Gregory National Park
20Sistema del Gandara119abbr=onNaNabbr=on[31] [32] Cantabria, Spain2005
21Hirlatzhöhle117.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on[33] Austria1949
22Réseau Félix Trombe117.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on[34] France1908
23Toca da Boa Vista114abbr=onNaNabbr=on[35] Brazil1987
24Ojo Guareña111abbr=onNaNabbr=on[36] [37] Spain1956
25Sistema K'oox Baal103.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on[38] near Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico1987
26Sistema Purificacion101.4abbr=onNaNabbr=on[39] [40] Mexico24.0676°N -99.5653°W1970
27Sistema Huautla100.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on[41] [42] Mexico18.1212°N -96.8°W1965

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Speleological Society . Quintana Roo Speleological Survey. List of Long Underwater Caves in Quintana Roo Mexico . 2023-01-10 . 2023-01-10.
  2. Web site: National Speleological Society . Quintana Roo Speleological Survey. Dry Caves and Sumps of Quintana Roo Mexico . 2023-01-10 . 2023-02-04.
  3. Web site: Exploration in the World's Longest Cave. 2017-12-03. .
  4. Web site: Emily Deletter . Mammoth Cave discovers 6 more miles, still the longest cave system in the world . Cincinnati.com. September 13, 2022 . October 9, 2022.
  5. Web site: El Centro Investigador del Sistema Acuífero de Quintana Roo A.C.(CINDAQ). CINDAQ 2023 Annual report. February 15, 2024. June 5, 2024.
  6. Book: Bill Mixon . Mexico news. 34. 22. 2014-06-01. .
  7. Web site: Grottes et karsts de Chine-Shuanghedongqun - 双河洞. 2023-12-06. .
  8. Web site: Jean Pierre Barbary . Jean Bottazzi . Grottes et karsts de Chine - Sur les traces de Xu Xiake - Shuanghedong 双河洞 400 km !. 23 April 2023. 2023-04-29.
  9. Web site: Jewel Cave Cave Exploration . National Park Service (NPS) . January 10, 2024 . January 11, 2024.
  10. Web site: Jewel Cave Reaches 200 Miles . National Park Service (NPS) . December 19, 2018 . December 19, 2018.
  11. Web site: 150 miles and counting: Wind Cave celebrates significant milestone . National Park Service (NPS) . October 18, 2019. October 18, 2019.
  12. Web site: optymistychna is the longest cave in ukraine. 2014-06-04. ukrainegoodnews.com.
  13. Eavis. Rob. April–May 2016. What a Rollercoaster. Descent. 249. 24–29.
  14. Web site: The Clearwater Cave System. mulucaves.org. 2023-02-05.
  15. Web site: Lechuguilla Cave Info . 2022 . 2023-10-13.
  16. Web site: Lechuguilla Cave . National Park Service (NPS) . July 17, 2019 . July 17, 2019.
  17. Web site: Offizielle Vermessungs-Werte AGH. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Höllochforschung AGH. de. hoellochforschung.ch. 2023-02-05.
  18. Web site: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hoellochforschung AGH. de. https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174744/https://www.hoellochforschung.ch/en/. 2019-01-19. live. 2017-05-17.
  19. Web site: Alto del Tejuelo . David García. 2024-07-25. es.
  20. Web site: fr. Grandes cavités suisses. Anonyme. 2020-02-20. .
  21. Book: Philipp Häuselmann. de, fr. Le karst Siebenhengste-Hohgant-Schrattenfluh : essai d'une synthèse. 66. 28–41. 2016. 2020-04-06.
  22. Web site: de. Die tiefsten Höhlen Österreichs . 2024-04-01 . Theo Pfarr . Robert Seebacher . Lukas Plan . 2023-02-05.
  23. Web site: de. Die längsten Höhlen des Dachsteins und des Toten Gebirges . 2023-01-25 . Verein für Höhlenkunde. 2023-02-05.
  24. Web site: de. Schönberg Höhlensystem . 2022-09-12 . Harald Zeltlhofer. 2023-02-05.
  25. Web site: es. Mortillano !!!! 146,5 Km.!!!!. 2016-09-13. .
  26. Web site: uk. Найдовші печери України (від 1000 м.). 2022-03-27. .
  27. Web site: fr. Expédition Malagasy 2018. 31 August 2018 . 2018-08-31.
  28. Jean-Nicolas Delaty. Eric Sibert. Malagasy 2022-Tsingy de Namoroka. Spelunca. 170. Fédération française de spéléologie. June 2023. 0249-0544. 3. .
  29. Grimes . K. G. . Martini . J. E. . Bullita cave system, Judbarra / Gregory Karst, tropical Australia . Boletín Geológico y Minero . 2016 . 127 . 21–44 . 10.21701/bolgeomin.127.1.002 . 2023-10-13. .
  30. News: Ellery . David . John's journeys are all about his passion . 5 December 2018 . . . 26 January 2013.
  31. Web site: fr. Classement des plus grandes cavités . 2024-01-17. .
  32. Web site: fr. Le réseau de la Gandara . 2024-01-17. .
  33. Web site: de. Die tiefsten Höhlen Österreichs . 2024-04-01 . Theo Pfarr . Robert Seebacher . Lukas Plan . 2023-02-05.
  34. Web site: fr. Le réseau Félix Trombe Henne Morte . 2024-02-14.
  35. Web site: pt. As maiores cavernas do Brasil. Sociedade Brasileira de Espeleologia. 2018-12-08. .
  36. Web site: Complejo Kárstico de Ojo Guareña. Endokarst. Ana I. Ortega and M. Martín . 2015-08-26. es.
  37. Web site: Catálogo de Cuevas de Burgos. G.E. Edelweiss . 2024-02-15. 2024-05-06. es.
  38. Book: Zdeněk Motyčka. K'oox baall, the fourth-longest underwater cave system in the world. 37. 149–155. 2014-05-01. .
  39. Web site: Mark Minton. Long Caves of Mexico February 2024. 2024-05-06.
  40. Hose Louise D. Geology of a large, hight-relief, subtropical cave system: sistema Purification, Tamaupilas, Mexico. Journal of Caves and Karst Studies . 58 . 1 . 6–21. April 1996. 2024-05-06.
  41. Web site: The PESCH Mission. 2023-04-06.
  42. Web site: Mark Minton. Long Caves of Mexico February 2024. 2024-05-06.

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