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Jaskinia Wielka Śnieżna ("great snowy cave") is a limestone cave in Mount Małołączniak in the Western Tatra Mountains, of the Carpathian Mountains System, in southern Poland. The cave is within Tatra National Park.

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With the length of 23.619 kilometres (14.676 mi), and vertical range of 824 metres (2,703 ft), it is the longest, largest, and deepest cave in Poland.

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Morphology

Wielka Śnieżna has five entrances:

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  • Jaskinia Śnieżna ("snowy cave") – 1,701 metres (5,581 ft) – discovered in 1959
  • Jaskinia nad Kotlinami ("cave over the kettles") – 1,875 metres (6,152 ft) – discovered in 1966, connected to Śnieżna in 1968
  • Jasny Awen ("light aven") – 1,852 metres (6,076 ft) – first explored in 1959, connected to Wielka Śnieżna in 1978
  • Jaskinia Wielka Litworowa ("great angelica cave") – 1,906 metres (6,253 ft) – connected to Wielka Śnieżna in 1995
  • Jaskinia Wilcza ("wolf cave") – 1,672 metres (5,486 ft) – discovered in 1996, connected to Wielka Śnieżna in 1999

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    They are connected by a complicated system of shafts and passages. Several of them contain underground trickles, waterfalls, pools, or siphons. The cave is drained by a karst spring known as Lodowe Źródło ("icy spring").

    Exploration

    Jaskinia Śnieżna was discovered in 1959 by cavers from Zakopane. In 1960, it reached the depth of 545 metres (1,788 ft), which made it, at that time, the fourth-deepest cave in the world. In the subsequent years, the cave was intensively explored and connected with other caves. The exploration is still ongoing, including attempts to connect the cave to Śnieżna Studnia, second-largest cave in Poland.

    References

    Jaskinia Wielka Śnieżna Wikipedia
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