Voronezh cave is a karst cave located on the lower plateau of the Achibakh massif in Abkhazia . Length 460 m, projective length 365 m, depth 128 m, area 750 m², Volume 3800 m³. The entrance is located in a karst funnel in the Northern spur of the karst basin of the 3rd meadow (which has a stream and a lake).
| Voronezh cave | |
|---|---|
 Cascade sag in the Voronezh cave | |
| Specifications | |
| Depth | 128 m |
| Length | 460 m |
| Volume | 3800 m³ |
| Year of discovery | 1973 |
| Type of | karst |
| Enclosing rocks | limestone |
| Number of inputs | one |
| Visit | |
| Difficulty category | 2A |
| Location | |
| A country |
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Map of Voronezh Cave
Content
Parts of the Cave
- The entrance sloping part consists of small (5-12 m) wells, allowing you to go down to a depth of 105 meters. It ends with a narrow impassable (8 m) manhole leading to the middle part of the underground channel of the stream.
- The underground channel has a length of about 150 m, a height difference of 40 m, begins with narrowness and ends with a closed siphon.
Cave Content
- The host rock is massive Lower Cretaceous limestones.
- Water is an underground stream.
- Air - no air movement and gas contamination.
- Deposits. Block-landslide only in the entrance part. Acute in the upper part of the underground stream (dam and stalactites).
- People are speleotourists. Not everyone succeeds in squeezing into the lower gallery.
- There is no garbage in the cave.
- The equipment necessary for visiting the cave is a 40 m rope and grabs.
Study History
- May 1973. Found during inspection of funnels in the third meadow (Golyanov E.V., Golyanova N.E.). Passed to the skipper Nikolsky (depth 70 m.)
- August 1974: Passed (Golyanov E.V., Golyanova N.E., Nikolsky S.N., Bykova L.) to the skinner at the end of the inclined part (depth 105 m. The sound of water was heard behind a low hole).
- September 1976 An 8-meter skin-skipper (Golyanov E.V., Golyanova N.E., Sukochev V.I., Kalashnikova N.) was passed, behind which the bed of an underground stream was discovered. Mapped.
- August 1981 Launch of 1 kg of fluorescein into an underground stream to determine where the water exits the stream. No exit location found.
Notes
- ↑ This geographical feature is located in Abkhazia , which is a disputed territory . According to the administrative division of Georgia , the Abkhaz Autonomous Republic occupies the disputed territory. In fact, the partially recognized state is the Republic of Abkhazia .
Literature
- Cadastre of caves of the USSR. - VINITI, 1986.- S. 149, 150.