Statistics of showcaves.com

showcaves.com entries as of 17-MAY-2025 20:19


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 10 2 3 0 6 2 23
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 7 2 1 3 6 0 25
Armenia 2 2 1 0 1 7 1 14
Aruba 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 8
Australia 57 27 7 2 48 26 6 173
Austria 25 22 3 5 45 25 35 160
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 15 12 0 46
Belize 1 11 1 1 0 0 0 14
Bermuda 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 11
Bhutan 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Bolivia 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 7 5 4 0 2 0 28
Botswana 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
Brazil 23 45 6 3 16 3 3 99
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 20 3 0 23 5 0 60
Cayman Islands 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 8
Chile 1 6 0 0 9 0 0 16
China 165 24 29 3 8 51 11 291
Colombia 0 11 1 0 3 2 0 17
Cook Islands 0 10 4 0 0 0 0 14
Costa Rica 0 7 0 0 4 3 0 14
Croatia 24 16 8 6 1 10 2 67
Cuba 12 6 1 0 1 0 1 21
Curaçao 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Cyprus 1 1 3 0 1 13 1 20
Czech Republic 15 12 4 0 20 46 10 107
Denmark 0 3 1 1 4 9 0 18
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 9 1 0 5 5 6 26
France 113 58 34 12 99 182 13 511
Georgia 6 5 3 2 0 10 3 29
Germany 54 77 40 18 209 117 21 536
Great Britain 26 41 10 3 75 109 7 271
Greece 26 70 9 11 1 30 6 154
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 16 0 1 9 10 0 49
Iceland 4 19 2 0 0 4 1 30
India 13 18 4 0 3 58 0 96
Indonesia 19 15 1 0 1 6 1 43
Iran 6 7 2 1 0 11 0 27
Iraq 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 6
Ireland 6 8 11 1 2 5 0 33
Israel 2 10 1 4 1 34 0 52
Italy 66 93 24 14 69 165 18 449
Jamaica 3 4 0 3 0 1 0 11
Japan 85 47 9 2 21 34 8 206
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 0 3 0 0 0 0 4
Malaysia 25 5 1 0 2 2 0 35
Mali 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Malta 4 11 5 0 0 24 0 44
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 38 6 8 4 1 109
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 4 3 0 0 5 0 14
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 1 0 0 3
New Zealand 13 24 5 2 9 6 0 59
Nicaragua 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Nigeria 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 8
Niue 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 8
North Korea 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
North Macedonia 2 7 0 2 0 1 0 12
Northern Mariana Islands 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Norway 1 14 0 0 26 4 0 45
Oman 1 8 7 0 0 0 2 18
Pakistan 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
Panama 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 7
Papua New Guinea 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Paraguay 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
Perú 2 14 0 1 0 2 1 20
Poland 12 9 0 0 22 17 2 62
Portugal 13 11 3 1 6 8 0 42
Puerto Rico 3 11 2 0 0 0 1 17
République Démocratique du Con 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
République du Congo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Romania 20 13 4 2 9 7 3 58
Russia 16 17 0 6 4 20 2 65
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
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Saudi Arabia 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Serbia 13 10 7 4 1 9 2 46
Slovakia 18 2 3 4 22 7 7 63
Slovenia 21 9 8 10 3 7 3 61
Somalia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
South Africa 9 4 1 0 6 3 5 28
South Korea 19 4 0 0 7 10 0 40
Spain 86 50 15 11 23 76 7 268
Sri Lanka 1 10 0 3 1 12 0 27
Sweden 2 24 0 0 47 3 2 78
Switzerland 9 18 3 2 20 43 30 125
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 40 31 10 1 3 12 1 98
The Philippines 17 37 2 2 2 3 1 64
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 33 17 2 2 2 65 7 128
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 14 0 22
United Arab Emirates 0 4 0 0 0 6 0 10
United States of America 159 147 39 39 147 97 23 651
Uruguay 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Uzbekistan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Vanuatu 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 8
Venezuela 2 9 4 0 0 0 1 16
Vietnam 47 17 2 1 0 2 1 70
Yemen 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
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
156 countries 1558 1535 447 212 1102 1607 270 6732

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.