World's largest cave known as 'Everest of the Deep' that could fit Ben Nevis inside

World's largest cave known as 'Everest of the Deep' that could fit Ben Nevis inside This huge cave is more than 2,000 metres deep. Deep beneath a massive mountain range lies a sprawling cave system that spirals beneath the hills, extending more than 2000 metres into the earth. This cave system is the deepest in the world (depending on who you ask), its limestone caverns so huge that you could upend Ben Nevis and place it inside, and still have room remaining. The Veryovkina Cave lies beneath the Gagra Range of the Western Caucasus within the Georgian region of Abkhazia. This cave is one of two which frequently compete for the title of the deepest cave on earth. According to Live Science, both Veryovkina and another cave in the same region, Krubera (also known as the Everest of the Deep), alternate as record holders, depending on the most recent research. Both caves are more than 2,000 metres deep and are frequently explored further by scientists and cavers who are constantly updating the measurements. The caves are dark, inhospitable and cold with temperatures rarely exceeding 3°C. As you descend further into the depths, animals begin to change. Many of the species which call these caves home have no eyes or pigmentation and have long antennae, appendages and hairs which help them sense vibrations and move throughout the blackness of the cave system. As of January this year, Veryovkina is currently in the lead, with a depth of 2,212 metres, or 1.37 miles. Krubera is close behind, at 2,199 metres, or 1.37 miles. Veryovkina was discovered in 1968 and given the name S-115 and then renamed in 1986 after Alexander Veryovkin, a cave diver who died in a water-filled passage while exploring a nearby cave Su-Akan. Another major incident in Veryovkina Cave occurred in 2018, and very nearly killed a team of cave explorers. National Geographic photographer Robbie Shone and his assistant Jeff Wade joined a team of Russian explorers who had descended to the very bottom of the cave over four days. They were camped in the darkness to undertake a more detailed examination of the cavern. One morning, the team were eating breakfast when the cavern shook as if an earthquake had struck, and according to Robbie an “enormous torrent” of white water appeared from a hole and began to flood the cavern. National Geographic wrote about the team’s desperate scramble back up the cave to escape the rapid flooding. Robbie remembered climbing through the tight passages upwards as they rapidly filled with water. He said: “All I could see was the white rope in front of me. “And I just kept moving the ascender up a little bit at a time. I was saying to myself, ‘Just keep going. Just keep doing this.’” The whole team escaped from the cave, barely. Robbie said: “This team had the strength, the reserves, mentally and physically, to deal with the worst situation. That’s not only why they're exploring the deepest cave in the world so successfully, but why we all survived.”