As we mentioned before, it a bit tricky with world records in speleology. So this is a list of high caves, which means caves with a high entrance, not caves with a big distance between highest and lowest point. Those are called deep caves.
Elevation | Name | Location | Length | Vertical Range | Description |
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6,765m asl (?) | unnamed (?) | Pakistan | this is a mystery cave, so far we were not able to verify this info by a speleological publication | ||
6,645m asl | Cave of Rakiot Peak | On Rakiot Peak (7070m), near Nanga Parbat, Kashmere, India | 75m (estimated) | supposedly the worlds highest cave was discovered in 1963 by climbers. | |
4,930m asl | Qaqa Mach'ay | Peru | 125m | claimed to be the highest surveyed cave (2004 multinational Andes expedition) | |
4,800m asl | Cueva de Saco | Peru | |||
4,600m asl | Rangkul'skaja (Syjkyrduu) | Pamir, Tajikistan | |||
4,585m asl | Cueva Puyo | Peru | 48m | ||
4,570m asl | Tragadero Puyo | Peru | 107m | ||
4,500m asl | Cueva de Sanson Machay | Peru | |||
4,500m asl | Cueva de Pachacayo | Peru | |||
4,400m asl | Cueva de Laurichoca | Peru | |||
4,375m asl | Sima Pumacocha | Peru | |||
4,000m asl | Cueva de Taypunta | Peru | |||
3,992m asl | Sima de Milpu | Peru | 407m | ||
3,750m asl | Ulugh Beg | Uzbekistan | |||
3,720m asl | Cueva de Chirimachay | Peru | |||
3,100m asl | Ghar Parau | Iran | 751m | ||
3,050m asl | Aven de la Cascade du Marboré | France | |||
3,010m asl | Grotte de la Mortice | France | |||
2,680m asl | Grotte du Mont-Cenis | Alps, France | |||
2,560m asl | Rotloch | Switzerland | |||
2,525m asl | Abisso Gaché | Alps, Italy | |||
2,427m asl | Drachenloch | Switzerland | |||
2,426m asl | Triglav Pothole | Slovenia | |||
2,093m asl | Gouffre SC (upper entrance of the Pierre-St-Martin) | Spain |
Unfortunately we do not have very much info on most of these caves. Several caves have never been visited by cavers and there are no surveys and no publications. So it is rather difficult to make a good list.