Gouffre Mirolda
Gouffre Mirolda is a karstic cave located in the Haut-Giffre mountain range, in the commune of Samoëns, Haute-Savoie, France. It is connected to the Lucien Bouclier cave network, and has a depth of 1733 m.[1]
| Gouffre Mirolda | |
|---|---|
  Location  Gouffre Mirolda (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) | |
| Location | Samoëns, France |
| Coordinates | 46°05′21″N 6°46′15″E |
| Depth | 1,733 metres (5,686 ft) |
| Length | 13,000 metres (43,000 ft) |
| Elevation | 1,880 metres (6,170 ft) |
| Discovery | 1971 |
The cave was discovered in 1971 by Marc Degrinis, a shepherd. The cave was measured to be 1733 m deep, making it the deepest natural cave in the world from January 2003 until July 2004[2][3], when it was passed by the cave Krubera-Voronja in Abkhazia. It is the deepest cave in France. The cave is named after the Rhodanien cavers Michel Schmidt, Roland Chenevier, and Daniel Trouilleux, who were lost in a flood in Gournier Cave in November 1976.[4]
References
- Gulden, Bob (22 Jan 2020). "Worlds deepest caves". caverbob.com.
- de Sainte Lorette, Cedran (28 July 2015). "Quand Mirolda devint le gouffre le plus profond du monde". Le Dauphiné Libéré (in French).
- Courbon, Paul (2007). "Échos des profondeurs" (PDF). chroniques-souterraines.fr (in French).
- "Deux spéléologues lyonnais meurent noyés". lemonde.fr/archives (in French). 11 November 1976.
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