Krubera Cave Georgia

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Krubera Cave, Georgia
Deepest point reached: 6,824 feet (2,080 m)
With the onset of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and average temperatures worldwide on the rise, the question on the minds of many is: how to beat the heat? For cavers willing to travel to Abkhazia on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, one solution might be to head underground. Krubera Cave in the Republic of Georgia, with limestone passages that extend to depths well over a mile and half, offers a particularly cool opportunity. In the last few years, teams of explorers seeking to push deeper into Krubera Cave have contended with hypothermia while diving through flooded parts.

-- Ben Keene is the editor of the Oxford Atlas of the World.

www.worldhum.com/weblog/item/krubera_cave_georgia_20060617/

Additional Links to Information:

Voronya Pestera: Voronya Cave - Voron'ya Cave - Veronja Cave - Crows Cave - Krubera Cave
www.showcaves.com/english/misc/caves/Voronya.html

Call of the Abyss: www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0505/feature4/index.html

Krubera Cave Interactive Map:
www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0505/feature4/multimedia.html