The “Gourgouthakas” cavern is the largest in Greece. At its bottom, at a depth of -1208m, there is a beautiful “siphon” (small lake with water).
Cave explorers arrived in the bowels of Gurgouthaka, in the deepest point of Crete.
The members of the Gurgouthakas 2022 expedition announced that the exploration of the chasm in Chania has been carried out to its full depth and ten cave explorers have already reached its deepest point at 1200 meters. They even published a video from the exploration of Gurgouthaka.
“It is with great joy and satisfaction that we inform you that the exploration of Gurgouthaka has been carried out to its entire depth and ten cave explorers have already reached its deepest point at 1200m”, mentioned in the post.
Watch the impressive video:
The “Gourgouthakas” cavern, the largest in Greece, is located in the “Atzines” location of the White Mountains and East of the peak of the Holy Spirit, in the area of ​​Melidoni Apokoronos.
It was discovered in 1990 by the Catamaran Speleological Expedition based in Montbeliard, France. This Group, in 1996, approached the depth of -452m. In 1997 of -985m. In August 1998 they finally managed to reach its bottom at a depth of -1208m, where a beautiful “siphon” (small lake with water) is located.
With information from cretalive
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