Earth:Sarma cave
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| Location | Abkhazia,[note 1] Georgia |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] 43°24′N 40°21′E / 43.4°N 40.35°E |
| Depth | 1,830 m (6,000 ft)[1] |
| Geology | Limestone |
Sarma Cave (Georgian: სარმის მღვიმე), located in Gagra District of Abkhazia,[note 1] a breakaway region of 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]
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
Notes
References
- ↑ "Great Caves of the World". Portalul Speologilor din Romania. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140512230814/http://www.speologie.org/caves. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ Klimchouk, Alexander (28 Aug 2012). "The second deepest cave in the World became deeper". Speleogenesis. http://www.speleogenesis.info/news/?id=216. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ Zenkevitchia sandroruffoi COPEPEDIA
- ↑ Adaugammarus pilosus COPEPEDIA
- ↑ Sidorov, Dmitry A.; Gontcharov, Andrey A.; Sharina, Svetlana N. (2015-12-24). "A new genus and two new species of cavernicolous amphipods (Crustacea: Typhlogammaridae) from the Western Caucasus" (in en). European Journal of Taxonomy (168). doi:10.5852/ejt.2015.168. ISSN 2118-9773. https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/290.
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