Exploration Spotlight. This page presents the latest discoveries and achievements in the areas of Karst and Cave Research as well as Sport Caving. The underground world is last black spot on the map of the Earth and these are the latest news from there:
Krubera (Voronja) Cave: the first 2000m+ cave on Earth
A brief info about recent explorations in the Krubera Cave; the cave topo, a flash with Arabika and Ortobalagan maps, profiles and aerophotos
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3N Cave, New World’s Longest Cave in Salt
During the last January 2006 expedition the Big Ponor Cave was connected with the Cave of Tøí Naháèù (former second longest cave in salt). The resulting cave was named 3N Cave and altogether with newly mapped parts reaches the total length of 6,580 m. It is some 900 m longer than Malham Cave (5,685 m, Mt. Sedom, Israel) now being the second.
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Vladimir Iljukhin Cave System: breakthrough behind the fourth siphon
(During the 2005 summer expedition to the Vladimir Ilyukhin Cave System a noticeable result was achieved: a successful dive through the fourth siphon at –1240m, the first attempt since 1989 when the siphon was reached and tested for the first time, resulted in the discovery of a post-siphon continuation. Cave topo.)
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Kuzgun Cave and its Context: the first super-deep cave in the Aladaglar Massif, Turkey
A brief description of the Aladaglar karst, its settings and the Kuzgun Cave (-1400m); Aladaglar DEMs, cave topo and photos