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The following is a partial list of caves.
Africa
South Africa
- Main article: List of caves in South Africa
Asia
China
- Choukoutien cave system
- Mogao Caves
Georgia (country)
- Novy Afon Cave
- Voronya Cave, in competition as world's deepest cave
India
- Bagh Caves
- Bhimbetika Caves
- Elephanta Caves - includes a shiva temple.
Iran
Israel
Japan
- Akiyoshi-do (秋芳洞)
- Akka-do (安家洞)
- Gyokusen-do (玉泉洞)
- Kyusen-do (球泉洞)
- Ryuga-do (龍河洞)
- Ryusen-do (龍泉洞)
- Uchimagi-do (内間木洞)
Korea
Malaysia
Main article: List of caves in Malaysia- Batu Caves, north of Kuala Lumpur
- Niah Caves in Sarawak
- Gomantong Caves in Sabah
- Malaysian Cave Register gives a comprehensive list of caves in the Malaysian Peninsula
- Perlis State Park
- Lenggong Valley, Perak Man Museum Perak
- Gunung Mulu National Park in Sarawak
- Ipoh cave temples in Perak
Oman
Philippines
Europe
Austria
Croatia
Main article: List of caves in Croatia- Velebit caves: Lukina jama, Slovačka jama, Patkov Gušt, etc
- Caves on Biokovo: Amfora, Stara škola, Vilimova jama
- Crveno jezero (the Red Lake) near Imotski
- Stupina jama in Gorski Kotar, near Rijeka
France
Main article: List of caves in France- Chauvet Cave
- Gouffre Berger, the first cave explored to more than 1000m depth
- Grotte des Demoiselles, a popular regional tourist attraction in southern France
- Jean Bernard System, in competition as world's deepest cave
- Lascaux Cave
- Mirolda Cave, in competition as world's deepest cave
- Orgnac Cave
- Padirac Cave
- Pierre-Saint-Martin System
Germany
Main article: List of caves in Germany- Aggertalhöhle
- Amandahöhle
- Altensteiner Höhle
- Atta-Höhle
- Aufberger Loch
- Balver Höhle
- Bärenhöle
- Bärenhöhle in Sonnenbühl
- Baumannshöhle
- Bauerloch
- Bernhardshöhle
- Bilsteinhöhle
- Binghöhle
- Blautopf
- Bocksteinhöhle
- Bocksteinschmiede
- Brunnensteighöhle
- Brunnensteinhöhle
- Charlottenhöhle
- Dampfloch
- Dechenhöhle
- Diebeshöhle
- Dohlenhöhle
- Drachenhöhle Syrau
- Dreieingangshöhle
- Eberstadter Tropfsteinhöhle
- Eichbergschacht
- Einhornhöhle
- Die Eishöhlen bei Birresborn
- Elsachbröller
- Erdmannshöhle
- Falkensteiner Höhle
- Finsterloch
- Fuchsloch
- Große Scheuer
- Gußmannshöhle
- Gutenberger Höhle
- Haus
- Heimensteinhöhle
- Heimkehle
- Heinrichshöhle
- Hermannshöhle
- Himmelsfelsenschacht
- Höhle in der Hölle
- Hohler Fels
- Hohler Fels
- Hohler Stein
- Hohler Stein
- Hölloch
- Höllsternbröller
- Hölzlesloch
- Iberger Tropfsteinhöhle
- Kakushöhle
- Karlshöhle
- Kleine Scheuer
- Kleine Scheuer
- Kluterthöhle
- Kolbinger Höhle
- König-Otto-Tropfsteinhöhle
- Kubacher Kristallhöhle
- Kübelhöhle
- Laichinger Tiefenhöhle
- Maximiliansgrotte
- Mordloch Höhle
- Nebelhöhle
- Niederaltdorfer Tuffhöhle
- Ofnet Höhlen
- Olgahöhle
- Osterhöhle
- Pliksburggrotten
- Rainloch
- Reckenhöhle
- Reinsberger Bröller
- Schellenberger Eishöhle
- Schertelshöhle
- Schillat-Höhle
- Schillerhöhle
- Die Schlossberghöhlen
- Schreiberhöhle
- Schulerloch
- Segeberger Höhle
- Sontheimer Höhle
- Sophienhöhle
- Stadel
- Steinernes Haus
- Stöckelberghöhle
- Studerbildschacht
- Sturmannshöhle
- Teufelshöhle (bei Pottenstein)
- Teufelshöhle (bei Steinau)
- Teufelsküche (Gültigshofen)
- Todsburger Höhle
- Todsburger Schacht
- Tschamberhöhle
- Vogelherdhöhle
- Wendelsteinhöhle
- Wiehler Tropfsteinhöhle
- Wimsener Höhle
- Ziegelhöhle
- Zwiefaltendorfer Tropfsteinhöhle
Greece
Main article: List of caves in Greece- Cave Lakes, SE of Kalavryta
- Corycian Cave
- Dirou Cave, Mani Peninsula
- Melissos Cave, Kefallinia
- Blue Cave, Kastellórizo
Ireland
Italy
Main article: List of caves in Italy- Blue Grotto, Capri, Campania
- Castellana Caves, Puglia
- Ear of Dionysius, Syracuse, Sicily
- Tiscali, Sardinia
- Zelbio, Como, Lombardy
- Frasassi Caves, Marche
Macedonia
Main article: List of caves in Macedonia- Slatinski Izvor - longest in Macedonia.
- Solunska Glava 5 - deepest in Macedonia 450m.
- Solunska ? - Deepest Pit 300m.
Malta
Main article: List of caves in MaltaNorway
Poland
Main article: List of caves in Poland- Jaskinia Wielka Śnieżna, Western Tatras
- Śnieżna Studnia, Western Tatras
- Bańdzioch Kominiarski, Western Tatras
- Smocza Jama, Kraków
Portugal
Main article: List of caves in PortugalSwitzerland
Main article: List of caves in Switzerland- Hölloch, a 130km long cave
Slovakia
Main article: List of caves in Slovakia- Dobšiná Ice Cave (Dobšinská ľadová jaskyňa)
- Domica
- Gombasek Cave (Gombasecká jaskyňa)
- Jasov Cave (Jasovská jaskyňa)
- Ochtiná Aragonite Cave (Ochtinská aragonitová jaskyňa)
Slovenia
- Planinska jama, near Postojna
- Cave of Postojna (Postojnska jama), Postojna
- Caves of Škocjan (Škocjanske jame), near Divača
- Vilenica, the world's first tourist cave near Sežana
- Cave of Kostanjevica (Kostanjeviška jama)
- Mayor's Cave (Županova jama), formerly Tabor Cave (Taborska jama), near Grosuplje
- The Cave of Cross (Križna jama), near Cerknica
- The caves of Kanin in the Julian Alps, including Vrtoglavica, the deepest pitch in the world as of 2005
Spain
Main article: List of caves in Spain- Torca Del Cerro, Picos de Europa, Spain's deepest cave, and the fifth deepest cave in the world.
Ukraine
Main article: List of caves in Ukraine- Pechera Optymistychna, second largest cave in the world, gypsum cave
- Pechera Ozerna, gypsum cave
- Priest's Grotto, cave where Jews hid from Nazi occupation
United Kingdom
Main article: List of caves in the United Kingdom- Blue John Cavern, Derbyshire
- Chislehurst Caves, Kent
- Dan yr Ogof, South Wales
- Easegill System, Yorkshire Dales
- Fingal's Cave, Inner Hebrides
- Gaping Gill, Yorkshire Dales
- Kent's Cavern, Devon
- Ogof Agen Allwedd, South Wales
- Ogof Draenen, South Wales
- Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, South Wales
- Ogof y Daren Cilau, South Wales
- Peak Cavern, Derbyshire
- Smoo Cave, Scotland
- Speedwell Cavern, Derbyshire
- Treak Cliff Cavern, Derbyshire
- Wookey Hole, Somerset
Oceania
Main article: List of caves in Oceania
Australia
Main article: List of caves in Australia- Mount Etna Caves National Park, Queensland
- Naracoorte Caves, South Australia
- Jenolan Caves, Blue Mountains, New South Wales
- Buchan Caves, Snowy Mountains, Victoria
New Zealand
Main article: List of caves of New Zealand
- Aurora Cave
- Bulmer Cavern
- Harwood Hole
- Maori Leap Cave
- Nettlebed Cave
- Riwaka Resurgence
- Ruakuri Cave
- Waipu Caves
- Waitomo Caves
Papua New Guinea
Main article: List of Caves in Papua New GuineaNorth America
Canada
external link - Canadian list- Castleguard Cave
- Canyon Creek Ice Cave
- Wapiabi Cave
- Cadomin Cave
- Rat's Nest Cave
- Arctomys Cave
- Cave and Basin National Historic Site
- Site cavernicole de Saint-Léonard, Montreal, Quebec
Mexico
Main article: List of caves in Mexico- Systema Huautla (Oaxaca)
- Guila Naquiz Cave (Oaxaca, ca.8000-6700B.C.)
- Nogales Cave (Tamaulipas, ca.5000-3000B.C.)
- Coxcatlan Cave (Tehuacan Valley, Puebla,5000-3400B.C.)
- La Perra Cave (Tamaulipas, ca.3000-2200B.C.)
- Juxtlahuaca Cave (Guerrero, Olmec-style painting cave)
- Oxtotitlan Cave (Guerrero, Olmec-style painting cave)
- Loltun Cave (Yucatán, a painting cave of Maya civilization)
- Balank'anche Cave (Yucatan, people offered a worship to Rain God and Xipe Totec with Toltec-Style cencers)
United States of America
Main article: List of caves in the United States- Ape Cave, Washington (lava tube)
- Blanchard Springs Caverns, Arkansas
- Black Chasm Cavern, California
- Bluespring Caverns, Indiana
- Boyden Cavern, California
- Bronson Caverns, California
- California Caverns, California
- Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
- Cascade Caverns, Texas
- Cave of the Mounds, Wisconsin
- Cave of the Winds, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Crystal Cave, any of several caves in Ohio, Wisconsin, and California's Sequoia National Park
- Crystal Cavern, Alabama
- Cumberland Caverns, Tennessee
- DeSoto Caverns, Alabama
- Diamond Caverns, Kentucky
- Fantastic Caverns, Missouri
- Florida Caverns, Florida
- Glenwood Caverns (Fairy Cave), Glenwood Springs, Colorado
- Great Onyx Cave, Kentucky
- Hidden River Cave, Kentucky
- Howe Caverns, New York
- Illinois Caverns, Illinois
- Inner Space Caverns, Texas
- Jewel Cave, South Dakota
- John Guilday Cave Preserve, West Virginia
- Kartchner Caverns, Arizona
- Kazumura Cave, Hawaii (lava tube)
- Lake Shasta Caverns, California
- Lava River Cave, Oregon (lava tube)
- Lava Beds National Monument, California (lava tubes)
- Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico
- Lockport Cave, New York
- Lost River Cave, Kentucky
- Lost Sea Caverns, Tennessee
- Luray Caverns, Virginia
- Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
- Marengo Cave, Indiana
- Mary Campbell Cave, Ohio
- Mercer Caverns, California
- Meramec Caverns, Missouri
- Mitchell Caverns, California
- Moaning Cavern, California
- Natural Bridge Caverns, Texas
- Natural Stone Bridge and Caves, New York
- Paradise Ice Cave, Washington
- Russell Cave, Alabama
- Secret Cavern, New York
- Seneca Caverns, Ohio
- Seneca Caverns, West Virginia
- Skeleton Cave, Oregon
- Skyline Caverns, Virginia
- Spring Cave, Colorado
- Subway Cave, California
- Sunny Jim Cave, California
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Utah
- Vasco Caves, California
- Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota
- Wonder Cave, Texas
External link: List of deep caves in U.S.
Central America
Belize
- Actun Box Ch'iich'
- Actun Chapat
- Actun Halal
- Actun Tunichil Muknal
- Actun Tun Kul - includes Belize Chamber
- Cebada Cave
- Kabal Group
Guatemala
- Jul Mas Nim
- Naj Tunich Cave
- Xibalba
South America
Brazil
- Gruta do Centenario
- Gruta Maquine, Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais
- Gruta Rei do Mato, Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais
- Parque da Cascata, Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais
Peru
- Sima Pumacocha - deepest in South America
- Qaqa Mach'ay
External links
"List of caves"