Veryovkina Cave is a cave in Abkhazia, a disputed region of Georgia. At 2,209 meters 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 the Krepost and Zont mountains, close to the slopes of Mount Krepost. Its entrance is 2,285 meters above sea …Veryovkina Cave is a cave in Abkhazia, a disputed region of Georgia. At 2,209 meters 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 the Krepost and Zont mountains, close to the slopes of Mount Krepost. Its entrance is 2,285 meters above sea level. The entrance of the cave has a cross section of 3 m × 4 m, and the depth of the entrance shaft is 32 m. The confirmed depth of the cave is 2,209 m. Veryovkina is one of the two known caves deeper than 2,000 metres, the other being Krubera Cave in the same mountain range.
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