Sarma cave

Sarma Cave (Georgian: სარმის მღვიმე), located in Gagra District, Abkhazia, Georgia, is the third deepest recorded cave in the world. Its current depth (1830 m) was measured in 2012 by a team led by Pavel Rudko.[2]

Sarma Cave
LocationAbkhazia, Georgia
Coordinates43°24′N 40°21′E
Depth1,830 m (6,000 ft)[1]
GeologyLimestone

Fauna

Two species of stygobiont amphipods have been found: Zenkevitchia sandroruffoi[3] living at depths of no more than -350 m and found in other caves of eastern Arabika Massif, in Troika Cave (at -30 m) and in Eagle's Nest Cave (-75 m), and Adaugammarus pilosus[4] inhabiting aquatic biotopes in the deep part of the cave (elevations -1270 m and -1700 m). [5]

See also

References
  1. "Great Caves of the World". Portalul Speologilor din Romania. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. Klimchouk, Alexander (28 Aug 2012). "The second deepest cave in the World became deeper". Speleogenesis. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  3. Zenkevitchia sandroruffoi COPEPEDIA
  4. Adaugammarus pilosus COPEPEDIA
  5. Dmitry Sidorov, Andrey Gontcharov, Svetlana Sharina A new genus and two new species of cavernicolous amphipods (Crustacea: Typhlogammaridae) from the Western Caucasus European Journal of Taxanomy 2015 volume 168, pages1-32 doi:10.5852 ejt.2015.168
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