Sarma cave
| Sarma Cave | |
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| Location | Abkhazia, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 43°24′N 40°21′E / 43.400°N 40.350°E |
| Depth | 1,830 m (6,000 ft)[1] |
| Geology | Limestone |
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]
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
- ^ "Great Caves of the World". Portalul Speologilor din Romania. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ Klimchouk, Alexander (28 Aug 2012). "The second deepest cave in the World became deeper". Speleogenesis. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ Zenkevitchia sandroruffoi COPEPEDIA
- ^ Adaugammarus pilosus COPEPEDIA
- ^ 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