List of caves

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This is a list of caves of the world that have articles or that are properly cited. They are sorted by continent and then country. Caves which are in overseas territories on a different continent than the home country are sorted by the territory's continent and name.

Contents

Africa

Algeria

Botswana

Cameroon

  • Gouffre de Mbilibekon [4]
  • Grottes de Linté [5]
  • Grotte de Loung [6]
  • Grotte de Mfouda [7]
  • Grotte Fovu [8]
  • Grottes Ndemvoh [6]
  • Kouo vu [9]

Democratic Republic of Congo

Egypt

Ethiopia

Gabon

Kenya

Lesotho

Libya

Madagascar

Mauritania

Morocco

Mozambique

  • Codzo River cave [15]

Nigeria

Namibia

Réunion

Rwanda

  • Ubuvumo Bwibihonga [16]
  • Ubuvumo Nyabikuri-Ruri [16]
  • Ubuvumo Manjari deux [16]
  • Ubuvumo bwa Musanze (main segment) [16]
  • Ubuvumo bwa Nyirabadogo [16]
  • Ubuvumo Cyamazera [16]
  • Ubuvumo Gacinyiro 2 [16]
  • Ubuvumo bwa Musanze (south segment) [16]
  • Ubuvumo Nyiragihima [16]
  • Ubuvumo Rego [16]

Somaliland

South Africa

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

  • Rhar Ain Et Tsab [1]

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Asia

Afghanistan

Cambodia

China

East Timor

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Korea

Laos

Lebanon

Malaysia

Mongolia

Myanmar

Nepal

Oman

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Qatar

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Sri Lanka

South Korea

Thailand

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

West Bank

Europe

Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Gibraltar

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy


Kosovo

Latvia

Malta

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom


North America

Belize

Bermuda

Canada

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Mexico

Panama

United States

Caribbean

Aruba

Bahamas

  • Lucayan cave system (Ben's Cave) [44]

Barbados

Curaçao

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Jamaica

Puerto Rico

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Islands

South America

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Hoyo Sid El Perezoso [53]

Ecuador

Peru

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Oceania

Australia

Cook Islands

Federal States of Micronesia

Guam

Nauru

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Samoa

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

Mars

Possible cave entrances on Mars. The pits have been informally named (A) Dena, (B) Chloe, (C) Wendy, (D) Annie, (E) Abby (left) and Nikki, and (F) Jeanne. Mars caves from NASA orbiters.jpg
Possible cave entrances on Mars. The pits have been informally named (A) Dena, (B) Chloe, (C) Wendy, (D) Annie, (E) Abby (left) and Nikki, and (F) Jeanne.

As of 2007 seven putative cave entrances have been identified in satellite imagery of the planet Mars, all so far located on the flanks of Arsia Mons. [55] A more recent photograph of one of the features shows sunlight illuminating a side wall, suggesting that it may simply be a vertical pit rather than an entrance to a larger underground space. [56]

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