Sarma cave
| Sarma Cave | |
|---|---|
| Location | Abkhazia, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 43°23′38.3″N 40°22′21.0″E / 43.393972°N 40.372500°E |
| Depth | 1,830 m (6,000 ft) |
| Geology | Limestone |
Sarma Cave (Georgian: სარმის მღვიმე), located in the Gagra District of Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia, is the third-deepest recorded cave in the world. Its depth (1830 m) was measured in 2012 by a team led by Pavel Rudko.
The cave was discovered in 1990 by caver Sergey Shipitsin during a research expedition of the Arabika caving club from Irkutsk, led by Alexander Osintsev.