4-640: Veryovkina Cave (also spelled Verëvkina Cave , Georgian : ვერიოვკინის მღვიმე , romanized : veriovk'inis mghvime , Abkhaz : Вериовкин иҳаԥы ) is a cave in Abkhazia , a disputed region of Georgia . At 2,209 meters (7,247 ft) deep, it is the deepest-known cave on Earth. Veryovkina is in the Arabika Massif , in the Gagra mountain range of the Western Caucasus , on the pass between
8-459: The Krepost and Zont mountains, close to the slopes of Mount Krepost. Its entrance is 2,285 meters (7,497 ft) above sea level. The entrance of the cave has a cross section of 3 m × 4 m (9.8 ft × 13.1 ft), and the depth of the entrance shaft is 32 m (105 ft). The confirmed depth of the cave is 2,209 m (7,247 ft) (including 26 m (85 ft) in
12-503: The lower siphon). In 1968, the cave was assigned the name S-115, which was later replaced by P1-7, and in 1986 it was renamed after caver and cave diver Alexander Verëvkin . Verëvkin died in 1983 while exploring a siphon in the cave Su-Akan, located in the Sary-Tala massif, now Kabardino-Balkaria , Russia. During an expedition in 2021, PST found the body of a caver, who died exploring on his own, at −1,100 meters (−3,600 ft). He
16-454: Was later identified as Sergei Kozeev, who left his home in Sochi (Russia) on 1 November 2020 and began descent into Veryovkina, where he spent around a week at a −600 meters (−2,000 ft) permanent camp. Then he continued his descent down to technically challenging parts at −1,100 meters (−3,600 ft) where he got stuck due to inadequate equipment and skill, and died of hypothermia. The body
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