WORLD LONGEST GYPSUM CAVES   Compiled by: Bob Gulden - June 09, 2009
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					LENGTH	LENGTH	DEPTH	DEPTH
#	CAVE  NAME	COUNTRY	STATE	COUNTY	MILES	METERS	FEET	METERS	SOURCE	DATE
1	Optymistychna (Optimisticeskaja )	Ukraine	Ternopil	Borshchiv	143.002	230140	49	15.0	M.Tranteev - Bulgatian Group for discoveries in the Optymistiychna cave.	1/9
2	Ozernaja	Ukraine	Ternopil	Borshchiv	76.547	123191	26	8.0	Sergey Yepifanov via Peter Lenahan	08/03
3	Zolushka	Moldova/Ukraine	Briceni/Cernivci	Nowoselyzja	56.048	90200	98	30.0	RISC	1996
4	Mlynky (Ml'inki )	Ukraine	Ternopil	Tschortkiv	15.006	24150	66	20.0	RISC	1996
5	Kryshtaleva (Kristal'naja)	Ukraine	Ternopil	Borshchiv	13.670	22000	66	20.0	Atlas Des Grandes Cavites Mondia.	1986
6	Sistema Kulogorskaya-Troya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	10.096	16248	59	18	Karst and cave Pinega's   -  Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/23
7	Spipola-Aquafredda	Italy	?	?	6.462	10400	0	0.0	Alexander Klimchouk Longest Gypsum caves of the world	6/18
8	D.C. Jester Cave System	U.S.A.	Oklahoma	Greer	6.254	10065	35	10.7	Sue Bozeman	03/88
9	Sistema Olimpiyskaya-Lomonosovskaya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	5.661	9110	105	32	Karst and cave Pinega's   -  Victor Malkov, Evgeni Gurkalo	6/23
10	Slavka	Ukraine	?	?	5.654	9100	0	0.0	Alexander Klimchouk Longest Gypsum caves of the world	1996
11	Cueva del Agua	Spain	Andalusia	Almeria	5.169	8319	0	0.0	Jose Luis Membrado e-mail	4/7
12	Verteba	Ukraine	?	?	4.859	7820	0	0.0	Alexander Klimchouk Longest Gypsum caves of the world	1996
13	Cater Magara	Syria	?	?	4.536	7300	0	0.0	http://www.akkh.de/ag_syrien_ex.html	2/7
14	Sistema Kumichevka-Vizborovskaya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	4.511	7260	79	24	Evgeni Gurkalo, Aleksandr Kabanihin  <gurkalo@atnet.ru>	6/26
15	Parks' Ranch Cave	U.S.A.	New Mexico	Eddy	4.098	6595	100	30.5	Dave Belski e-mail	03/03
16	Konstitutionaya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	3.809	6130	105	32	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo <gurkalo@atnet.ru>	6/26
17	Kungur Ice Cave	Russia	Perm Region	Kungur District	3.542	5700	105	32.0	Igor Lavrov Peshchtry - Interuniversity collection of Scienceific Trans.	1/5
18	Selman Cave System	U.S.A.	Oklahoma	Woodward	2.979	4794	0	0.0	NSS News V60N7P204	07/02
19	Severniy Siphon	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	2.869	4617	82	25	Vlad Eremeev, Evgeny Gurkalo, <gurkalo@atnet.ru>	6/26
20	Zolotoy Kluchik	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	2.722	4380	33	10	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
21	Sima de las Yeseras (Cueva de Estremera)	Spain	Madrid	Estremera	2.485	4000	197	60.0	Jose Luis Membrado e-mail	4/7
22	Crystal Caverns	U.S.A.	New Mexico	DeBaca	2.355	3790	331	100.9	Dave Belski e-mail	03/03
23	Double Barrel Shotgun Cave	U.S.A.	New Mexico	Lincoln	2.314	3724	287	87.5	Dave Belski e-mail	03/03
24	Ordinskaya Cave       (Under Water)	Russia	Perm Region	Orda District	2.237	3600	276	84.0	http://nsi.psu.ru/labs/gtp/objects/orda cave.html	1/5
25	Scrooge Cave	U.S.A.	New Mexico	Lincoln	2.170	3492	46	14.0	Dave Belski e-mail	03/03
26	Simfoniya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	2.013	3240	33	10	Karst and cave Pinega's   -   Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/23
27	Bol'shaya Pehorovskaya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	1.991	3205	59	18	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
28	Carcass Cave	U.S.A.	New Mexico	De Baca	1.966	3164	333	101.5	Dave Belski e-mail	03/03
29	Martin Cave System	U.S.A.	New Mexico	Chaves	1.870	3009	34	10.4	Dave Belski e-mail	03/03
30	Abisso Lusa	Italy	Emilia Romagna	?	1.864	3000	669	204.0	Reinhard Elsensohn e-mail	2/7
31	Leningradskaya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	1.845	2970	89	27	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
32	Wimmelburger Schlotte	Germany	Sachsen-Anhalt	mansfelder Land	1.763	2838	0	0.0	Prof.Dr.Stephan Kempe e-mail	1/5
33	Horseshoe Vally Cave	U.S.A.	Oklahoma	Greer	1.715	2760	0	0.0	NSS News	08/95
34	Pshashe-Setenay	Russia	Krasnodar	Caucasus,Laba river	1.671	2690	164	50.0	Andrey Ostapenko, Victor Kovalenko, KGSS group	11/7
35	Alexandra Tereschenko	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	1.615	2599	39	12	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
36	Vodnaya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	1.614	2598	26	8	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
37	Jansill/Driftwood Cave system	U.S.A.	New Mexico	Chaves	1.592	2562	233	71.0	Dave Belski e-mail	03/03
38	Fanning Ranch North & South Cave	U.S.A.	New Mexico		1.589	2557	45	13.7	Dave Belski e-mail	03/03
39	Jubileynaya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	1.588	2555	98	30	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
40	Atlantida	Ukraine	?	?	1.569	2525	0	0.0	Alexander Klimchouk Longest Gypsum caves of the world	1996
41	Ingh.Ca' Siepe	Italy	?	?	1.553	2500	0	0.0	Alexander Klimchouk Longest Gypsum caves of the world	1996
42	Triple Engle Pit	U.S.A.	New Mexico	De Baca	1.544	2485	442	134.7	Dave Belski e-mail	03/03
43	Bukovinka	Ukraine	?	?	1.496	2408	0	0.0	Alexander Klimchouk Longest Gypsum caves of the world	1996
44	Nescatunga Cave	U.S.A.	Oklahoma	Major	1.490	2398	0	0.0	R. Breisch	1969
45	Bingham Cave	U.S.A.	Oklahoma	Woodward	1.478	2379	0	0.0	Keith Harris e-mail (Ok.UG V9 1979)	07/98
46	Segeberger-Kalkhoehle	Germany	Schleswig-Holstein	Segeberg	1.466	2360	0	0.0	Prof.Dr.Stephan Kempe e-mail	1/5
47	Coffee Cave	U.S.A.	New Mexico	Eddy	1.442	2321	11	3.4	Dave Belski e-mail	03/03
48	Pehorovskiy Proval	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	1.406	2262	72	22	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
49	Ugryn'	Ukraine	?	?	1.317	2120	0	0.0	Alexander Klimchouk Longest Gypsum caves of the world	1996
50	Re Tiberio	Italy	?	?	1.311	2110	0	0.0	Alexander Klimchouk Longest Gypsum caves of the world	1996
51	Hay's Cave	U.S.A.	New Mexico		1.266	2037	69	21.0	Dave Belski e-mail	03/03
52	Kulogorskaya-5	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	1.264	2035	33	10	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
53	Popova	Russia	Krasnodar	Caucasus,Laba river	1.263	2032	66	20.0	Andrey Ostapenko, KGSS group	11/7
54	Cueva del Peral	Spain	Andalusia	Almeria	1.243	2000	0	0.0	Reinhard Elsensohn e-mail	2/7
55	Gostry Govdy	Ukraine	?	?	1.243	2000	0	0.0	Alexander Klimchouk Longest Gypsum caves of the world	1996
56	Sculpture Cave	U.S.A.	Oklahoma	Major	1.194	1922	0	0.0	Speleo Digest	1972
57	Pogranichnaya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Holmogory	1.187	1910	33	10	Evgeny Gurkalo	6/27
58	Alabaster Caverns	U.S.A.	Oklahoma	Woodward	1.164	1873	0	0.0	Ok. Underground	1986
59	Severyanka	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	1.137	1830	13	4	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
60	Heimkehle	Germany	Sachsen-Anhalt	Sangerhausen	1.106	1780	0	0.0	Prof.Dr.Stephan Kempe e-mail	1/5
61	Pearl Cave	U.S.A.	Oklahoma	Woodward	1.097	1765	0	0.0	Ok. Underground V9P6	1986
62	Numburghoehle	Germany	Thueringen	Nordhausen	1.087	1750	0	0.0	Prof.Dr.Stephan Kempe e-mail	1/5
63	Wayne's Womb Cave	U.S.A.	New Mexico	Lincoln	1.069	1720	47	14.3	Dave Belski e-mail	03/03
64	Schlotte at the Ottilaeschacht	Germany	Niedersachsen	Goslar	1.063	1710	0	0.0	Prof.Dr.Stephan Kempe e-mail	1/5
65	Widow Cave	U.S.A.	Oklahoma	Major	1.052	1693	0	0.0	NSS News V47N3P77	03/89
66	Golubinskiy Proval	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	1.008	1622	56	17	Karst and cave Pinega's  - Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/23
67	Geograficheskogo Obschestva USSR	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	0.994	1600	59	18	Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
68	Grotte of the Crete de Vaas	Switzerland	Valais	Sierre	0.938	1510	197	60.0	Reinhard Elsensohn e-mail	2/7
69	Pothooks Cave	U.S.A.	Texas	Childress	0.938	1510	49	14.9	TSS Via Terry Hoisinger e-mail	6/4
70	Muzeynaya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	0.920	1480	33	10	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
71	Ammonal'naja	Russia	Krasnodar	Caucasus,Laba river	0.910	1464	374	114.0	Leonid Suhovey	11/7
72	Zheleznie Vorota 1-2	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	0.857	1380	33	10	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
73	Els Sumidors (Tunel dels Sumidors)	Spain	Valencia	Vallada	0.783	1260	673	205.0	www.venadelgesso.org	2/7
74	Lunnie Gori	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Holmogory	0.766	1233	36	11	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
75	Arochnaja	Russia	Krasnodar	Caucasus,Laba river	0.738	1188	82	25.0	Andrey Ostapenko, KGSS group	11/7
76	Gun'kina-4	Russia	Karachaevo/Cherkesia	Caucasus,Laba river	0.715	1150	217	66.0	Andrey Ostapenko, KGSS group	11/7
77	Dedova Jama	Russia	Krasnodar	Caucasus,Laba river	0.707	1138	95	29.0	Andrey Ostapenko, KGSS group	11/7
78	Saburovskaya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	0.686	1104	26	8	Vlad Eremeev, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
79	Nizhnyaya Saburovskaya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	0.674	1084	26	8	Vlad Eremeev, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
80	Aprelskiy Uzel	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Holmogory	0.664	1069	33	10	Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
81	Conical Sink Cave	U.S.A.	Texas	Childress	0.664	1069	73	22.3	TSS Via Terry Hoisinger e-mail	6/4
82	Hoellern	Germany	Bavaria	Middle-Franconia	0.646	1040	0	0.0	Prof.Dr.Stephan Kempe e-mail	1/5
83	Cueva Covadura	Spain	Andalusia	Almeria	0.621	1000	413	126.0	Reinhard Elsensohn e-mail	2/7
84	Cueva del Tesoro	Spain	Andalusia	Almeria	0.621	1000	0	0.0	Reinhard Elsensohn e-mail	2/7
85	Cueva del Yeso	Spain	Andalusia	Almeria	0.621	1000	0	0.0	Reinhard Elsensohn e-mail	2/7
86	Walkup Cave	U.S.A.	Texas	Hardeman	0.606	975	0	0.0	TSS Via Terry Hoisinger e-mail	6/4
87	Kitezh	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	0.592	953	46	14	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
88	Severnaya Venetsiya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	0.587	945	16	5	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
89	Dvinskaya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Holmogory	0.566	911	16	5	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
90	Siyanie	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Holmogory	0.560	902	30	9	Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
91	Havard Cave	U.S.A.	Kansas	Barber	0.555	893	0	0.0	Jonathan Beard	1991
92	Malaya Golubinskaya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	0.547	880	36	11	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
93	Speleomor'e	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	0.516	830	33	10	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
94	Malaya Pehorovskaya	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	0.510	820	49	15	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
95	Bol'shoy Holodil'nik	Russia	Arkhangelsk	Pinega	0.506	815	66	20	Victor Malkov, Evgeny Gurkalo	6/26
96	Kladbische Illuziy	Russia	Karachaevo/Cherkesia	Caucasus,Laba river	0.349	561	33	10.0	Andrey Ostapenko, KGSS group	11/7
97	Besleneevskaja-1	Russia	Krasnodar	Caucasus,Laba river	0.348	560	148	45.0	Leonid Suhovey	11/7
98	Uchkuduk	Russia	Krasnodar	Caucasus,Laba river	0.317	510	144	44.0	Andrey Ostapenko, KGSS group	11/7