| Name |
Country/Countries |
Notes
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| Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst Caves
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Hungary
Slovakia
|
On the Subterranean World Heritage List[3]
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| Akiyoshidai Cave
|
Japan
|
Located in the Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park, Yamaguchi Prefecture
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| Alabaster Caverns
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United States
|
Located in the Alabaster Caverns State Park, Oklahoma
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| Alisadr Cave
|
Iran
|
The largest water cave, located in Hamedan
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| Angitis
|
Greece
|
Located near Prosotsani
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| Atta Cave
|
Germany
|
One of the largest dripstone caves in Germany, located near Attendorn
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| Aven d'Orgnac
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France
|
Located near Orgnac-l'Aven
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| Avshalom Cave (Absalom Cave, Soreq Cave)
|
Israel
|
Located in the Judean Hills
|
| Bacho Kiro Cave
|
Bulgaria
|
The first show cave in Bulgaria, inaugurated in 1937 and located near Dryanovo
|
| Batu Caves
|
Malaysia
|
Located near Kuala Lumpur
|
| Bears' Cave
|
Romania
|
Located in Chișcău village, Bihor County
|
| Bellamar Caves
|
Cuba
|
Located near Matanzas
|
| Bing Cave
|
Germany
|
Located near Wiesenttal, Bavaria
|
| Blanchard Springs Caverns
|
United States
|
Located in the Ozark–St. Francis National Forest, Arkansas
|
| Blanche Cave
|
Australia
|
Located in the Naracoorte Caves National Park, South Australia
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| Blue Grotto
|
Croatia
|
Sea cave, located on Biševo island, Dalmatia region
|
| Blue John Cavern
|
United Kingdom
|
Located near Castleton, Derbyshire, England
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| Buchan Caves
|
Australia
|
Two caves, the Royal Cave and the Fairy Cave, located in Buchan, Victoria
|
| Grottes de Calès
|
France
|
Located near Lamanon
|
| Cango Caves
|
South Africa
|
Located near Oudtshoorn
|
| Capricorn Caves
|
Australia
|
Located in Rockhampton, Queensland
|
| Carlsbad Caverns
|
United States
|
Located in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. On the Subterranean World Heritage List[3]
|
| Cascade Caverns
|
United States
|
Located in Boerne, Texas
|
| Castellana Caves
|
Italy
|
Located near Bari. On the Subterranean World Heritage List[3]
|
| Cathedral Cave[4]
|
United Kingdom
|
Located near Pen-y-cae, Powys, Wales
|
| Cathedral Caves
|
New Zealand
|
Located near Papatowai, South Island
|
| Cave of the Lakes (Troupisio)
|
Greece
|
Located near Kastria
|
| Cave Without a Name
|
United States
|
Located near Boerne, Texas
|
| Cox's Cave
|
United Kingdom
|
Located in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset
|
| Craighead Caverns
|
United States
|
Located in Tennessee
|
| Cross Cave
|
Slovenia
|
|
| Crystal Cave
|
United States
|
Located in Put-In-Bay, Ohio. The world's largest known geode, a celestine geode 35 ft (11 m) in diameter, lies at its widest point
|
| Crystal Cave
|
Bermuda
|
Located in Hamilton Parish, close to Castle Harbour.
|
| Dan yr Ogof
|
United Kingdom
|
Located near Pen-y-cae, Powys, Wales
|
| Dechen Cave
|
Germany
|
Located near Iserlohn
|
| Deer Cave
|
Malaysia
|
Located near Miri, Sarawak
|
| Dirou Pyrgos Caves
|
Greece
|
Two caves, Glyfada Cave and Alepotrypa cave, with underground river, near Pyrgos Dirou
|
| Devil's Throat Cave
|
Bulgaria
|
Located in the western Rhodope Mountains, near Gyovren
|
| Dobšiná Ice Cave
|
Slovakia
|
Located near Dobšiná
|
| Doolin Cave (Pol an Ionain)
|
Ireland
|
Located in Doolin
|
| Dragon Caves (Cuevas del Drach)
|
Spain
|
Located on the island of Mallorca, with concerts
|
| Dupnisa Cave
|
Turkey
|
Located in Kırklareli Province
|
| Eisriesenwelt
|
Austria
|
Located near Salzburg
|
| El Soplao Cave
|
Spain
|
Located in Cantabria
|
| Erdmanns Cave
|
Germany
|
Located near Lörrach
|
| Fantastic Caverns
|
United States
|
Located near Springfield, Missouri
|
| Frasassi Caves
|
Italy
|
Located near Ancona
|
| Gough's Cave
|
United Kingdom
|
Located in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset
|
| Gouffre de Padirac
|
France
|
Near Gramat, Lot. 103 m (338 ft)-deep entrance shaft into an underground river
|
| Great Masson Cavern
|
United Kingdom
|
Located near Matlock Bath, Derbyshire
|
| Great Rutland Cavern
|
United Kingdom
|
Located near Matlock Bath, Derbyshire
|
| Grotta Gigante
|
Italy
|
Located near Trieste
|
| Grotte de Chorance
|
France
|
Located near Chorance, Isère
|
| Grottes de Saint-Christophe[5]
|
France
|
Located in Saint-Christophe-la-Grotte, Savoie
|
| Grotte aux Fées
|
Switzerland
|
Located near Saint-Maurice, Valais. Contains an underground waterfall
|
| Grutas de Cacahuamilpa
|
Mexico
|
Located in the Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park, Guerrero
|
| Gunns Plains Cave
|
Australia
|
Located on Tasmania island
|
| Hams Caves (Coves dels Hams)
|
Spain
|
Located on the island of Mallorca
|
| Han-sur-Lesse Caves (Grottes de Han)
|
Belgium
|
Located near Han-sur-Lesse
|
| Harrison's Cave
|
Barbados
|
Access by tram
|
| Hato Caves
|
Curaçao
|
Located near Willemstad
|
| Hazrat Daoud pilgrimage cave
|
Uzbekistan
|
Located near Nurobod
|
| Hercules Caves
|
Morocco
|
Archaeological cave complex in Cape Spartel
|
| Horne Lake Caves
|
Canada
|
Located in the Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park near Nanaimo, British Columbia
|
| Hotton Caves
|
Belgium
|
Located near Hotton
|
| Howe Caverns
|
United States
|
Located in New York State
|
| Huanglong Cave
|
China
|
Located in Zhangjiajie-Wulingyuan, Hunan
|
| Ingleborough Cave
|
United Kingdom
|
Located near Clapham, North Yorkshire
|
| Inner Space Cavern
|
United States
|
Located near Georgetown, Texas
|
| Jeita Grotto
|
Lebanon
|
Located near Jeita
|
| Jenolan Caves
|
Australia
|
Located in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. The oldest known caves (340 myr). With concerts
|
| Kartchner Caverns
|
United States
|
Located in the Kartchner Caverns State Park near Benson, Arizona
|
| Kents Cavern
|
United Kingdom
|
Located in Torquay, Devon
|
| Koněprusy Caves
|
Czech Republic
|
Located southwest of Prague
|
| Kungur Ice Cave
|
Russia
|
Located in Kungur near Perm
|
| Lamprechtsofen
|
Austria
|
Located near Salzburg
|
| La Verna Cave
|
France
|
Located in Sainte-Engrâce. With the largest chamber in a show cave
|
| Ledenika
|
Bulgaria
|
Located in the Balkan Mountains near Vratsa
|
| Lewis and Clark Caverns
|
United States
|
Located east of Whitehall, Montana
|
| Linville Caverns
|
United States
|
Located near Marion, North Carolina
|
| Luray Caverns
|
United States
|
Locaded near Luray, Virginia
|
| Magura Cave
|
Bulgaria
|
Located in the Balkan Mountains near Belogradchik. With concerts
|
| Mammoth Cave
|
United States
|
Located in Kentucky. The world's longest caves system. On the Subterranean World Heritage List[3]
|
| Manjanggul
|
South Korea
|
A lava tube. Located on Jeju Island
|
| Marble Cave
|
Ukraine
|
Located in Crimea
|
| Marble Arch Caves
|
United Kingdom
|
Located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
|
| Mark Twain Cave
|
United States
|
Located near Hannibal, Missouri
|
| Melissani Cave
|
Greece
|
An underground lake on Cephalonia island
|
| Meramec Caverns
|
United States
|
Located near Stanton, Missouri
|
| Mladeč Caves
|
Czech Republic
|
Located near Mladeč
|
| Moravian Karst
|
Czech Republic
|
Located near Blansko
|
| Nahal Me'arot/Wadi el-Mughara Caves
|
Israel
|
Located in the Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve (four Caves Creek) near Haifa. On the Subterranean World Heritage List[3]
|
| Natural Bridge Caverns
|
United States
|
Located in Comal County, Texas
|
| Neptune's Grotto
|
Italy
|
A sea cave near Alghero, Sardinia
|
| Nerja Caves
|
Spain
|
Located in Nerja, Málaga. With concerts
|
| New Athos Cave
|
Georgia
|
Located near New Athos. With mini-metro
|
| Ngārua Caves
|
New Zealand
|
Located between Motueka and Tākaka in the South Island
|
| Ohio Caverns
|
United States
|
Located near Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio
|
| Orlova Chuka
|
Bulgaria
|
Located in the Danubian Plain, near Ruse
|
| Painted Cave
|
Spain
|
Located near Galdar on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
|
| Phong Nha Cave
|
Vietnam
|
Located near Quang Binh
|
| Peak Cavern
|
United Kingdom
|
Located near Castleton, Derbyshire, England
|
| Poole's Cavern
|
United Kingdom
|
Located near Buxton, England
|
| Pont-d'Arc Cave (Caverne du Pont-d'Arc)
|
France
|
Show cave replica of Chauvet Cave, near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc. On the Subterranean World Heritage List[3]
|
| Postojna Cave
|
Slovenia
|
Located near Postojna. The longest show cave in Europe and the birthplace of speleobiology; with small trains and concerts
|
| Reed Flute Cave (Lúdí Yán)
|
China
|
Located in Guilin, Guangxi
|
| Resava Cave
|
Serbia
|
|
| Ruakuri Cave
|
New Zealand
|
Located in Waitomo District
|
| Saeva dupka
|
Bulgaria
|
Pre-Balkan, near Lovech
|
| Scărișoara Cave
|
Romania
|
Located in Gârda de Sus, Alba County
|
| Seven-star Cave (Qīxīng Yán)
|
China
|
Located in Guilin, Guangxi
|
| Shaitan-Koba
|
Ukraine
|
Located in Crimea
|
| Skelska Cave
|
Ukraine
|
Located in Crimea
|
| Škocjan Caves
|
Slovenia
|
Located in Matavun. On the Subterranean World Heritage List[3]
|
| Syrau Dragon Cave (Drachenhöhle Syrau)
|
Germany
|
Located near Syrau
|
| Smoo Cave
|
United Kingdom
|
Located in Durness, Scotland
|
| Snezhanka Cave
|
Bulgaria
|
Located in the Rhodope Mountains, near Peshtera
|
| Sonora Caverns
|
United States
|
Located in Sonora, Texas
|
| Speedwell Cavern
|
United Kingdom
|
Located near Castleton, Derbyshire, England
|
| St. Michael's Cave
|
Gibraltar
|
With concerts
|
| Stump Cross Caverns
|
United Kingdom
|
Located near Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
|
| Tabon Caves
|
Philippines
|
Located near Quezon, Palawan
|
| Tapagem Cave (Caverna da Tapagem)
|
Brazil
|
Located in Iporanga
|
| Tapolca Caves
|
Hungary
|
Located in Tapolca, with underground river
|
| Te Ana -The Caves
|
New Zealand
|
Sea-formed limestone cave system near Kaikōura[6]
|
| Te Ana-au Caves
|
New Zealand
|
Located on the shore of Lake Te Anau, Fiordland National Park, South Island, with underground river. Accessible only by boat.
|
| Tham Luang Nang Non
|
Thailand
|
Scene of the Tham Luang cave rescue
|
| Thiên Đường Cave
|
Vietnam
|
Located near Đồng Hới
|
| Timpanogos Cave
|
United States
|
Located in the Timpanogos Cave National Monument near Highland, Utah
|
| Tom Taylor's Cave
|
United Kingdom
|
Located near Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
|
| Treak Cliff Cavern
|
United Kingdom
|
Located near Castleton, Derbyshire
|
| Uhlovitsa
|
Bulgaria
|
Located in the Rhodope Mountains, near Smolyan
|
| Valeron Caves
|
Spain
|
Located in Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
|
| Viento Cave (Cueva del Viento)
|
Spain
|
Located on Tenerife, Canary Islands. The largest lava tube system in Europe
|
| Verdes Cave (Cueva de los Verdes)
|
Spain
|
A lava tube, located in Haría on Lanzarote, Canary Islands
|
| Verteba Cave
|
Ukraine
|
Located in Bilche-Zolote
|
| Vilenica Cave
|
Slovenia
|
The oldest show cave in Europe
|
| Vjetrenica
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
The most biodiverse cave in the world
|
| Vorontsova Cave
|
Russia
|
Located near Sochi
|
| Výpustek Cave
|
Czech Republic
|
Located in Křtiny. Part of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area
|
| Waitomo Glowworm Cave
|
New Zealand
|
Located in the Waitomo District, North Island
|
| White Scar Caves
|
United Kingdom
|
Located near Ingleton, North Yorkshire
|
| Wonder Cave
|
United States
|
Located in San Marcos, Texas
|
| Wookey Hole Caves
|
United Kingdom
|
Located in Somerset, England
|
| Yagodinska Cave
|
Bulgaria
|
The longest cave in the Rhodope Mountains, located near Smolyan. Contains a very large number of cave formations; contains rare cave pearls
|
| Zbrašov Aragonite Caves
|
Czech Republic
|
Located in Teplice nad Bečvou
|