# Lamprechtsofen

- **Country:** Austria
- **Coordinates:** 47.526111, 12.739167
- **Depth:** 1727 m
- **Length:** 51 km
- **Geology:** Dachstein limestone
- **Map Alt:** Location of Lamprechtsofen in Austria
- **Website:** [http://www.lamprechtshoehle.at/ lamprechtshoehle.at]
- **Location:** Weißbach bei Lofer, Austria
- **Elevation:** 664 m
- **Map Width:** 256px
- **Other Name:** Lamprechtshöhle
- **Photo Caption:** Steps descending into the public portion of Lamprechtsofen

Lamprechtsofen (also called Lamprechtshöhle, Lamprechtsofenhöhle or, together with a connected cave, Lamprechtsofen-Vogelschacht) is a limestone karst river cave in Austria. With a depth of , it is one of the deepest caves in the world. Before the discovery of the Krubera Cave in Georgia, it was the deepest-known cave in the world. Lamprechtsofen is located northwest of Weißbach bei Lofer (Salzburg), Austria, in the Leogang Mountains.

![Photo of Lamprechtsofen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Lamprechtsofen_-_Lamprechtsh%C3%B6hle_-_Lamprechts_Cave_-_2.JPG)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprechtsofen (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)