🌬️ Riesending Cave

Germany · Europe · 47.70°N, 12.98°E

The Riesending Cave is a pit cave in the Untersberg near Berchtesgaden, Germany, and Salzburg, Austria. At 1,148 m it is the deepest and at 19,300 m the longest cave in Germany. It was discovered in 1996. In June 2014 it became well known because of a large effort to rescue a lead speleologist.

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Quick facts

Country	Germany
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	47.70°N, 12.98°E · view on map

Riesending Cave is located in Germany, in Europe.

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