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Riesending cave

The 9th longest cave in the world

19.5km · Length

The Riesending Cave (German: Riesending-Schachthöhle) is a pit cave in the Untersberg near Berchtesgaden, Germany, and Salzburg, Austria. At 1,148 m it is the deepest and at 19,300 m the longest cave in Germany. It was discovered in 1996. In June 2014 it became well known because of a large effort to rescue a lead speleologist.

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

More caves in Germany

  1. Schellenberger Eishöhle3.6 km
  2. Bärental in Oberfranken3 km
  3. Devil's Cave1.5 km
  4. Sophienhöhle0.9 km
  5. Felsengarten Sanspareil0.7 km

Other notable caves worldwide

  1. Mammoth Cave · Australia686 km
  2. Sistema Sac Actun · Mexico119.2 m
  3. Lechuguilla Cave · United States489 m
  4. Optymistychna Cave · Ukraine20 m
  5. Veryovkina Cave · Georgia2,212 m
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