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Gruta do Centenário

Gruta do Centenário (English: Centenary grotto) (MG-1081), is a cave located in the municipality of Mariana, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is the largest and deepest quartzite cave in the world, and second in the country in terms of unevenness. Other caves which are part of the same system have now been partially explored.

Cave data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More caves in Brazil

  1. Lapa dos Brejões7.8 km
  2. Abismo Guy Collet
  3. Abismo Ouro Grosso
  4. Areado Grande
  5. Buraco das Araras

Other notable caves worldwide

  1. Mammoth Cave · Australia686 km
  2. Sistema Sac Actun · Mexico119.2 m
  3. Lechuguilla Cave · United States489 m
  4. Optymistychna Cave · Ukraine20 m
  5. Veryovkina Cave · Georgia2,212 m
  6. Krubera Cave · Georgia2,199 m
  7. Sarma cave · Georgia1,830 m
  8. Clearwater Cave · Malaysia109 km