Speleological expedition in Surkhandarya region ends with sensational result

The speleological expedition conducted by the Ural Speleological Association on the Chul-Bair mountain range in the Surkhandarya region of Uzbekistan ended with a sensational result.

According to the State Committee for Tourism Development, during a 20-day expedition led by V. Loginov in the cave named after A. Vishnevsky (ChB-15), a depth of minus 1284 m was reached. Moreover, the length of the cave was more than 15 km. The cave continues with a flooded gallery and goes into a well about 20 m deep.

Topographic surveys showed that the cave is almost of equal length with the deepest cave in Uzbekistan and Asia Boy-Bulok, reaching an amplitude of 1415 meters. Combination of these two caves will give a phenomenal depth of more than 2 km, which will lead it to the 3rd place in the world, preceded by the caves named after A. Verevkin (2212 m) and Kruber (2197 m), which are located in Abkhazia.