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Hranice Abyss

The 5th deepest cave in the world

519.5m · Depth

Hranice Abyss (Hranická propast) is the deepest flooded pit cave in the world. It is a karst sinkhole near the town of Hranice, Czech Republic. In 2020 a scientific expedition revealed that the lowest reaches are sediment-filled and it was speculated that the sinkhole was formed by upwelling hot acidic water. The greatest confirmed depth is 519.5 m (1, 704 ft), of which 450 m (1, 476 ft) is underwater.

Cave data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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