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Hranice Abyss ("Hranicka Propast" in Czech) lies on the right bank of the river Becva in the national nature reserve Hurka near the city of Hranice, Czech Republic. Find the place on the map of Adrex.com Locations... The depth of the upper, waterless part, down to the water surface is 69,5 meters (228 ft). The total confirmed depth of both the dry and wet parts of it is at least 442.5 m (373 + 69.5), making it not only the deepest gorge in Central Europe, but also one of the deepest freshwater flooded gorge in the world. In this respect, however, the cave still needs a series of explorations and calculations to be made. Some geologists estimate that its final depth would amount of over 700 m, which they detect from the temperature and chemical composition of the water in the abyss pond.
Recently, a Polish-Czech group of cave divers seeks the breakthrough. A special FB profile has been set up for those keen to watch their effort updates. As they put it: "What is needed for it to be the first? Just a small step for the man... Merely
The goal of the curent project "Hranicka Propast - Step beyond 400m" is to find the deeper spots to push the known depth beyond the "magical" 400 meters and make Hranicka Propast the deepest on the planet. At the same time doing the research on hydrology, chemistry and biology of that unusual place.
The team leader is Krzysztof Starnawski, cave and tech diver from Poland who discovered in the last years the deepest parts of the cave. He is strongly supported by the Czech divers led by David Cani. The great help also comes from National Geographic Society. The latest addition to the group is Marcin Jamkowski, diver, journalist and photographer who has a long history of work with NG.
Hranicka Propast 373m depth of new pit from Starnawski on Vimeo.
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