Schwarzmooskogel cave system
| Schwarzmooskogel cave system
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| Location: | Styria , Austria | |
| Height : | 1678 m above sea level A. | |
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Geographic location: |
47 ° 39 '43 " N , 13 ° 48' 11" E | |
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| Cadastral number: | 1623/40 | |
| Geology: | Dachstein Limestone | |
| Type: | Ice cave | |
| Discovery: | 1929, research started in 1938 | |
| Overall length: | 133,831 m (as of December 2018) | |
| Level difference: | 1,125 m (as of December 2018) | |
| Particularities: | second longest cave in Austria | |
The Schwarzmooskogel cave system, which is only accessible to cave researchers, is located in the Styrian part of the Dead Mountains in the Loser area near Altaussee .
Dimensions of the cave system
This giant cave system consists of 17 individual caves, was measured over a length of over 130 km (133,831 m) (as of December 2018) and is therefore the second longest cave in Austria. The total depth is 1125 m (as of December 2018).
Travel history
The Schwarzmooskogel ice cave was discovered by Aussee researchers in 1929 and research began in 1938 . The Stellerweg Cave was discovered in 1940 and measured from 1953.
In 1976 members of the Cambridge University Caving Club (CUCC) began their research and in 1980 they discovered the Schnellzughöhle and Schwabenschacht , which they built together with members of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Höhle und Karst Grabenstetten e. V. (ArGe) measured in the following years.
In 1983, cave researchers from the research group Höhle und Karst Franken e. V. (FHKF) from Nuremberg and the Association for Speleology in Munich e. V. (VHM) one of the largest ice-bearing halls in Europe: The approx. 130 m long, approx. 90 m wide and up to 60 m high snow volcano hall has an approx. 50 m high snow cone, 15 m high ice stalagmites and up to 10 m long icicles on.
Since the eighties, further caves and shafts have been discovered and partially connected with each other.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The longest and deepest caves of the Dead Mountains and the Dachstein (Styrian part). Association for Speleology in Upper Styria (VHO), accessed on January 17, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Robert Winkler: Annual Booklet 2016 - Totes Gebirge 2016. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Höhle und Karst Grabenstetten e. V. (ArGe), accessed on January 17, 2019 .