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.
It is noted that the exploration of the caves will continue in 2020.
