Siebenhengste-Hohgant-Höhle

46°47′02″N 7°54′04″E / 46.7838235°N 7.9012299°E / 46.7838235; 7.9012299 (Siebenhengste-Hohgant-Höhle)Depth1,340 m (4,400 ft)Length164.5 km (102.2 mi)Discovery1966GeologyLimestoneEntrances42

Siebenhengste-Hohgant-Höhle is a cave located in Switzerland, near Interlaken in the Canton of Bern north of Lake Thun, between the villages of Eriz and Habkern. The cave network formed in the Schrattenkalk Formation (Aptian age).^[1]

The cave was first explored in 1966 by the Club Jurassien, a speleology club from La Chaux-de-Fonds in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, under the leadership of Jean-Jacques Miserez, a hydrogeochemist who had the intuition that a cave network might be located in the limestone formation of Siebenhengste. In its early explorations, the Club Jurassien discovered the first three of its 42 entrances. Explorations were later undertaken by many different regional caving clubs.

Cavers are looking for, among other things, a link to the "Bärenschacht" well located below. If successful, the cave system would expand by more than 84 km in one fell swoop, making it the longest cave in Switzerland in front of the cave Hölloch.^[2]

In 2023, it was the world's 13th longest cave, with a 164.5 km development.^[3] It is also the world's 26th deepest cave at 1,340 m deep. It is also the 13th longest cave system in the world.

See also

• Hohgant (F1 and K2 caves)
• Sieben Hengste
• List of longest caves
• List of deepest caves

Bibliography

• Courbon, P.; Chabert C.; Bosted P.; Lindsley K. (1989). Atlas of the great caves of the world. Cave Books: St. Louis, Missouri.
• Miserez, J.-J. (1966–1973). Explorations du Club Jurassien aux Sieben Hengste. Dédales, Cavernes, Le Rameau de Sapin, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.

References

External links

• General map of the underground network
• Höhlenforschergemeinschaft Region Hoghant (Hoghant Region Cavers Community)
• Club Jurassien (in French)