Optimisticeskaja

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