The deepest caves in the world: the top 25
The top 3 according to 13 votes from people: Krubera-Voronja Cave · Veryovkina Cave · Tovliani Cave. (Updated May 4, 2026.)
Krubera-Voronja and Veryovkina, in the Arabika massif in Abkhazia, are the only known caves deeper than 2,000 metres. The world's 25 deepest caves by maximum surveyed depth as of 2025; five are in Spain and another, Pierre Saint-Martin, is shared with France; the deepest Spanish one is the Sistema del Cerro del Cuevón.
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Top 25
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Krubera-Voronja Cave
No. 1. Abkhazia / Georgia. 2224 m deep, 23.0 km surveyed.
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Veryovkina Cave
No. 2. Abkhazia / Georgia. 2209 m deep, 17.5 km surveyed.
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Tovliani Cave
No. 4. Abkhazia / Georgia. 1760 m deep, 40.8 km surveyed.
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Hirlatzhöhle
No. 9. Austria. 1560 m deep, 120.5 km surveyed.
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Gouffre Mirolda
No. 6. France. 1661 m deep, 22.0 km surveyed.
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Črnelsko brezno
No. 22. Slovenia. 1393 m deep, 20.0 km surveyed.
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Čehi 2
No. 15. Slovenia. 1505 m deep, 5.5 km surveyed.
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Sarma Cave
No. 3. Abkhazia / Georgia. 1830 m deep, 19.2 km surveyed.
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Lamprechtsofen
No. 5. Austria. 1727 m deep, 61.0 km surveyed.
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Gouffre Jean-Bernard
No. 7. France. 1612 m deep, 30.2 km surveyed.
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Sistema del Cerro del Cuevón
No. 8. Spain. 1589 m deep, 7.0 km surveyed.
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Sistema Huautla
No. 10. Mexico. 1560 m deep, 100.2 km surveyed.
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Chevé Cave
No. 11. Mexico. 1538 m deep, 96.1 km surveyed.
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Boybuloq
No. 12. Uzbekistan. 1523 m deep, 19.9 km surveyed.
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Pantyukhin Cave
No. 13. Abkhazia / Georgia. 1508 m deep, 7.9 km surveyed.
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Sima de la Cornisa
No. 14. Spain. 1507 m deep, 6.4 km surveyed.
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Sistema del Trave
No. 16. Spain. 1441 m deep, 9.1 km surveyed.
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Lukina-Trojama system
No. 17. Croatia. 1431 m deep, 3.7 km surveyed.
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Egma Sinkhole
No. 18. Turkey. 1429 m deep, 3.1 km surveyed.
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Gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Martin
No. 19. France, Spain. 1410 m deep, 88.1 km surveyed.
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Kuzgun Cave
No. 20. Turkey. 1400 m deep, 3.1 km surveyed.
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Hochscharten-Höhlensystem
No. 21. Austria. 1394 m deep, 14.6 km surveyed.
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Abisso Paolo Roversi
No. 23. Italy. 1360 m deep, 4.2 km surveyed.
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Sistema Arañonera-Tendenera
No. 24. Spain. 1349 m deep, 46.3 km surveyed.
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Sima del Sabbat (B112)
No. 25. Spain. 1346 m deep, 6.7 km surveyed.
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