• Health
  • Science
  • U.S.
  • Technology
  • Business
  • World
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • Sports

Building a Better World

News and information

  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Our Team

Diving discovery: Deepest underwater cave found in Czech Republic

October 2, 2016 By Jenny Marchal

Diving discovery: Deepest underwater cave found in Czech Republic

The Hranice Abyss in the Czech Republic is at least 404 meters or 1325 feet deep making it the deepest underwater cave in the world.

A team of underwater explorers have discovered what’s thought to the deepest cave in the world. Measuring at around 404 metres (1,325 feet) deep, the cave named Hranicka Propast or Hranice Abyss, was found by Polish diver Krzysztof Starnawski who discovered the cave around 20 years ago in the Hurka u Hranic nature reserve in the east side of the Czech Republic.

For the last 20 years Starnawski and his team have been to revisit the site to fully explore and measure the entirety of the mystical limestone sinkhole. Until September, he has only been able to make measurements at a depth of 370 meters but with the help of a remotely-operated underwater robot (ROV), the team were able to get down much further although still only to 404 meters, it is in fact much deeper still.

The new measurement was enough to beat the current deepest underwater sinkhole that stood at 392 meters located in Italy and known as the Pozzo del Merro.

The dive, which was partly funded by National Geographic, is one of many that excites the team every time they go there due to the unique way the cave was formed. Starnawski explained that it’s like a volcano “formed from hot mineral water bubbling from the bottom up, rather than rain coming from the top down like most caves.”

“There are probably only three caves like this in the world. There is nothing typical about this cave, and every dive we make new discoveries.”

Until new technology can be used to discover just how deep this particular cave is, Starnawski will continue to go after new discoveries that are equally mesmerizing.

“This cave is a big part of my life because I have been exploring it for 15 years, and it keeps going deeper. I want to show people that this is the deepest underwater cave. If I succeed, I will be fulfilled for a few minutes…then I will need to find a new project.”

 

Sharing

Facebooktwittergoogle_plusredditpinterestlinkedintumblrmail

Filed Under: Front Page, Science

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Follow Us

Facebookrss

Search:

Recent Posts

  • NASA’s InSight spacecraft makes important course correction May 26, 2018
  • Scientists outraged at latest Trump decision May 15, 2018
  • Huge uproar erupts over major incident at Utah park May 13, 2018
  • Incredible moon discovery stuns scientists May 12, 2018
  • Authorities shocked by discovery about common painkiller May 6, 2018
  • Outrageous crocodile experiment stuns scientists May 5, 2018
  • Great Barrier Reef is too quiet, scientists say May 1, 2018
  • Massive Hiroshima bomb discovery shocks scientists May 1, 2018
  • Earth will be slammed by massive asteroid April 29, 2018
  • Teens are doing something incredibly alarming in schools April 29, 2018
  • Huge discovery in Tasmania stuns scientists April 28, 2018
  • Shocking discovery in New Jersey stuns authorities April 22, 2018
  • Huge volcanic explosion could wipe out the United States April 21, 2018
  • Huge controversy erupts over world’s hottest pepper April 15, 2018
  • SpaceX is about to do something astonishing April 15, 2018

Copyright © 2021 Jones Kilmartin Group, LLC · Metro Pro Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress