Optimisticeskaja
Optymistychna Cave formerly known as Peshchera Optimistitscheskaya, is a gypsum cave located near the Ukrainian village of Korolivka, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast. Approximately of passageways have been mapped within. As a result, it is the longest cave in Europe and the seventh-longest cave in the world. It is also the longest gypsum cave in the world.
Details
- Length
- 230 km
- Geology
- gypsum
- Location
- near Ukrainian village of Korolivka, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast
- Discovery
- 1966