Statistics of showcaves.com

showcaves.com entries as of 04-OCT-2023 21:38


The following table is a statistics about the contents of showcaves.com. The site contains underground tourist sites from all over the world, which are grouped by political units aka countries and categorized as caves, show caves, mines, subterranea asf. The numbers give all listed sites, but not all of them are still open to the public. showcaves.com ist almost 30 years old, and about 75 sites were temporarily or finally closed to the public. These are included in the below numbers.


Country ShowcaveShowcaves CaveCaves KarstKarst Features SpringSprings MineMines MiscSubterranea GorgeGorges Country Sum
Albania 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4
Algeria 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 8
Anguilla 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Antigua & Barbuda 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 6
Argentina 6 6 2 1 3 6 0 24
Armenia 2 2 1 0 1 7 1 14
Aruba 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 8
Australia 57 26 7 2 49 25 6 172
Austria 25 21 3 5 45 23 35 157
Azerbaijan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bahamas 0 15 4 0 0 0 0 19
Bangladesh 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 5
Barbados 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Belarus 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Belgium 13 5 1 0 14 12 0 45
Belize 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 13
Bermuda 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 11
Bhutan 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Bolivia 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 3 3 3 0 1 0 18
Botswana 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
Brazil 21 43 6 3 16 3 1 93
Bulgaria 14 14 3 0 2 19 4 56
Cabo Verde 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cambodia 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
Canada 9 21 3 0 23 5 0 61
Cayman Islands 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 8
Chile 1 6 0 0 3 0 0 10
China 130 15 23 2 4 47 11 232
Colombia 0 10 1 0 3 2 0 16
Cook Islands 0 10 4 0 0 0 0 14
Costa Rica 0 6 0 0 4 2 0 12
Croatia 23 15 7 3 1 10 1 60
Cuba 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 15
Curaçao 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Cyprus 1 1 2 0 1 13 0 18
Czech Republic 15 10 3 0 19 43 10 100
Denmark 0 2 1 1 4 9 0 17
Dominican Republic 4 4 1 0 1 2 0 12
Ecuador 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 5
Egypt 0 4 1 0 0 7 0 12
El Salvador 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Estonia 0 4 1 1 2 6 0 14
Eswatini 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ethiopia 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Faroe Islands 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4
Fiji 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
Finland 0 4 0 0 5 5 3 17
France 114 54 34 12 67 160 12 453
Georgia 6 4 3 2 0 10 3 28
Germany 54 75 38 17 205 97 20 506
Great Britain 26 40 10 3 73 101 7 260
Greece 29 52 8 10 1 15 6 121
Guam 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Guatemala 6 14 9 1 0 1 0 31
Haiti 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Honduras 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 10
Hungary 13 14 0 1 9 10 0 47
Iceland 4 19 2 0 0 4 1 30
India 12 14 4 0 3 46 0 79
Indonesia 19 15 1 0 1 6 1 43
Iran 6 7 2 1 0 11 0 27
Ireland 6 8 10 1 2 4 0 31
Israel 2 9 1 4 1 33 0 50
Italy 60 82 22 10 66 129 15 384
Jamaica 3 4 0 3 0 1 0 11
Japan 84 41 8 2 21 29 8 193
Jordan 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 5
Kenya 3 11 1 0 0 0 1 16
Laos 11 2 1 0 0 2 0 16
Latvia 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 8
Lebanon 6 3 1 0 0 7 0 17
Lesotho 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4
Libya 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lithuania 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 7
Luxembourg 0 2 0 0 7 10 3 22
Madagascar 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4
Malaysia 24 5 1 0 2 3 0 35
Mali 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Malta 4 7 1 0 0 12 0 24
Matrix 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Mauritania 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Mauritius 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
México 28 24 37 5 7 4 1 106
Middle-Earth 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4
Moldova 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4
Molvanîa 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 4
Montenegro 1 9 0 1 0 2 0 13
Montserrat 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Morocco 2 1 2 0 0 3 0 8
Mozambique 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Myanmar 17 2 3 0 4 3 0 29
Namibia 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 6
Nepal 6 0 1 0 0 3 0 10
Netherlands 0 0 0 0 3 25 0 28
New Caledonia 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
New Zealand 12 23 5 2 9 6 0 57
Nicaragua 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Nigeria 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 6
Niue 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 8
North Korea 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
North Macedonia 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 9
Northern Mariana Islands 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Norway 1 13 0 0 25 3 0 42
Oman 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 8
Pakistan 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
Panama 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 7
Papua New Guinea 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
Paraguay 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
Perú 0 9 0 1 0 2 1 13
Poland 11 9 0 0 22 17 2 61
Portugal 13 11 2 1 6 8 0 41
Puerto Rico 3 11 2 0 0 0 1 17
Romania 20 13 4 2 9 5 2 55
Russia 16 16 0 6 4 17 2 61
Rwanda 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Samoa 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 7
Saudi Arabia 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Serbia 12 6 0 3 1 5 1 28
Slovakia 18 2 3 3 22 7 7 62
Slovenia 21 9 7 9 3 7 2 58
Somalia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
South Africa 9 4 1 0 6 2 5 27
South Korea 20 4 0 0 7 8 0 39
Spain 86 46 15 8 20 73 7 255
Sri Lanka 1 9 0 3 1 12 0 26
Sweden 2 20 0 0 44 3 2 71
Switzerland 9 15 3 2 19 44 29 121
Syria 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Tajikistan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tanzania 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 13
Thailand 39 26 10 1 2 11 1 90
The Philippines 14 33 2 0 2 3 1 55
Tonga 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 5
Trinidad and Tobago 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Tunisia 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 6
Turkey 31 15 2 2 2 58 7 117
Turkmenistan 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 6
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Uganda 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ukraine 2 3 0 0 3 11 0 19
United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
United States of America 161 140 29 33 146 89 21 619
Uruguay 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Uzbekistan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Vanuatu 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Venezuela 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Vietnam 23 8 1 0 1 2 0 35
Yemen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Zambia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Zimbabwe 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Countries ShowcaveShowcaves CaveCaves KarstKarst Features SpringSprings MineMines MiscSubterranea GorgeGorges Entries Total
152 countries 1479 1364 390 177 1039 1416 246 6111

This table gives the numbers of listed sites, grouped by countries and category. The subtotals per country and category are given too. The total number of sites listed on this website is given at the bottom right.

Some countries have only a few entries, so those countries are managed in a section called Other Countries. In this table they have a bright grey background. Countries with a certain amount of underground sites (about 10) get their own section or chapter, which includes additional pages like some country background, geology and the translation of important caving terms. In this table they have a dark grey background.