Les grottes sous-marines du monde : leur longueur et leur profondeur
71 systèmes de grottes26 pays1,379 km de galeries levées24 avec cartes publiées
Les grottes noyées du monde telles que les équipes de levé les ont publiées : jusqu'où chaque réseau a été cartographié et à quelle profondeur, qui l'a cartographié, ses entrées et qui en contrôle l'accès. Chaque chiffre renvoie à sa source et indique la date de publication.
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| Système | Pays | Type | Longueur explorée | Profondeur | Entrées | Accès | |
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Blauhöhle system (Blautopf)Baden-Württemberg | Germany | Grotte sous-marine | 19.0 km2026-10 | — | 1 | Accès restreint |
| Green Waterhole - Tank Cave systemSouth Australia | Australia | Grotte sous-marine | 10.0 km | — | 2 | Variable selon l'entrée | |
| Cocklebiddy CaveWestern Australia | Australia | Grotte sous-marine | 6.3 km1995 | — | 1 | Accès restreint | |
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Molnár János CaveBudapest | Hungary | Grotte sous-marine | 6.2 km2025-12-31 | — | 1 | Ouvert aux plongeurs qualifiés, sous conditions |
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Wookey HoleSomerset | United Kingdom | Grotte sous-marine | 3.7 km2024-03-02 | 143 m | — | Privé : autorisation du propriétaire requise |
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Pluragrotta–Steinugleflåget systemNordland | Norway | Grotte sous-marine | 2.6 km2026 | 130 m | 2 | Ouvert aux plongeurs qualifiés, sous conditions |
| Pawod Underwater Cave SystemCebu (Central Visayas) | Philippines | Grotte sous-marine | 258 m2016-05 | — | 1 | Statut d'accès non vérifié | |
| Dragon's Breath CaveOtjozondjupa | Namibia | Grotte sous-marine | — | 205 m | 1 | Privé : autorisation du propriétaire requise | |
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Engelbrecht CaveSouth Australia | Australia | Grotte sous-marine | — | 22 m | 2 | Ouvert aux plongeurs qualifiés, sous conditions |
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Gruta do Lago AzulMato Grosso do Sul | Brazil | Grotte sous-marine | — | 90 m | 1 | Accès restreint |
| Gruta do MimosoMato Grosso do Sul | Brazil | Grotte sous-marine | — | — | 1 | Ouvert aux plongeurs qualifiés, sous conditions | |
| Harasib CaveOtjozondjupa | Namibia | Grotte sous-marine | — | 265 m | — | Privé : autorisation du propriétaire requise | |
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Tapolca cave system | Hungary | Grotte sous-marine | — | — | — | Accès restreint |
Cartes
Cartes et relevés publiés
À titre indicatif uniquement. Les cartes présentes ici et sur les sites liés ne sont pas des outils de navigation sous-marine. Les relevés de grottes appartiennent aux équipes qui les ont réalisés ; respectez leur droit d'auteur et leurs restrictions de publication.
| Carte ou relevé | Éditeur | Système |
|---|---|---|
| QRSS: Underwater caves of Isla Cozumel ↗Cozumel cave list and access notes. | Quintana Roo Speleological Survey | Cueva Quebrada |
| Divje jezero (fiche with section and plan) ↗Fiche by Frank Vasseur with bibliography of Slovenian sources. | plongeesout.ffspeleo.fr | Divje jezero |
| Font del Truffe (fiche with section, plan, S12 plan and terminal sketch) ↗Fiche by F. Vasseur, updated 16 March 2016. | plongeesout.ffspeleo.fr | Font del Truffe |
| Goul de la Tannerie (fiche with sections and plans) ↗After documents by Bertrand Léger, updated by F. Vasseur. | plongeesout.ffspeleo.fr | Gouls de Tourne |
| Goul du Pont (fiche with plan and sections) ↗Fiche by F. Vasseur, updated 2 November 2007. | plongeesout.ffspeleo.fr | Gouls de Tourne |
| Mapy (maps of the abyss) ↗Published maps and current-state section of the research group's site. | ZO ČSS 7-02 Hranický kras | Hranice Abyss |
| Expédition 2010 – Le karst du massif du Falakro et la résurgence de Maaras (report with survey 1978-2010) ↗Hydrogeological and survey results. | Pascal Reilé (FFS), hosted on plongeesout.ffspeleo.fr | Maaras resurgence (Aggitis Cave) |
| Research report on the 2025 research of the Molnár János Cave (in Hungarian) ↗Includes a survey-line excerpt of the 2025 extension; not a full cave map. | termeszetvedelem.hu (Hungarian nature conservation portal) | Molnár János Cave |
| Olhos de Agua do Alviela (fiche with survey) ↗Links to a survey drawing and the expedition account. | plongeesout.ffspeleo.fr | Olhos de Água do Alviela |
| Pozzo del Merro – cave sheet (I Monti Cornicolani) ↗Regional cave register sheet with description and history (catasto La 32). | Parchi Lazio | Pozzo del Merro |
| Résurgence de Cabouy (fiche with plan and section of Cabouy–Pou Meyssen) ↗Links to Cabouy–Pou Meyssen plan and section and a complete plan of the Ouysse network dated December 2017. | plongeesout.ffspeleo.fr | Réseau de l'Ouysse (Cabouy – Pou Meyssen) |
| Gouffre de Pou Meyssen (fiche) ↗Updated 29 November 2014 with surveys proposed by Torsten Schnitter; links to upstream plans. | plongeesout.ffspeleo.fr | Réseau de l'Ouysse (Cabouy – Pou Meyssen) |
| QRSS list of long underwater caves in Quintana Roo ↗Length, depth and cenote count table. | Quintana Roo Speleological Survey | Sistema Carwash |
| QRSS list of long underwater caves in Quintana Roo ↗Length, depth and cenote count table. | Quintana Roo Speleological Survey | Sistema Chac-Mol |
| QRSS list of long underwater caves in Quintana Roo ↗Length, depth and cenote count table. | Quintana Roo Speleological Survey | Sistema Dos Pisos |
| Sistema Gleda-Camp des Pou (Manacor, Mallorca): estat de la qüestió ↗Open-access review with historical and current survey figures (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). | Societat Espeleològica Balear (Papers SEB 3, 2020) | Sistema Gleda–Camp des Pou |
| QRSS list of long underwater caves in Quintana Roo ↗Length, depth and cenote count table. | Quintana Roo Speleological Survey | Sistema K'oox Baal |
| CINDAQ annual reports ↗Yearly reports with survey totals and project summaries. | CINDAQ | Sistema Ox Bel Ha |
| QRSS list of long underwater caves in Quintana Roo ↗Length, depth and cenote count table. | Quintana Roo Speleological Survey | Sistema Ox Bel Ha |
| QRSS list of long underwater caves in Quintana Roo ↗Length, depth and cenote count table; QRSS sells printed maps separately. | Quintana Roo Speleological Survey | Sistema Sac Actun |
| QRSS list of long underwater caves in Quintana Roo ↗Length, depth and cenote count table. | Quintana Roo Speleological Survey | Sistema Taj Mahal |
| QRSS list of long underwater caves in Quintana Roo ↗Length, depth and cenote count table. | Quintana Roo Speleological Survey | Sistema Toh Ha |
| QRSS list of long underwater caves in Quintana Roo ↗Length, depth and cenote count table. | Quintana Roo Speleological Survey | Sistema Xunaan Ha |
| Source de Saint Sauveur (fiche with section 2005 and plan) ↗Links to a 2005 section, a plan and a section of the Vierge Noire gallery. | plongeesout.ffspeleo.fr | Source de Saint-Sauveur |
| Wakulla Basin Mapping Initiative - Update 2 ↗Expedition update (2026-08-04) on 3D mapping with an autonomous vehicle and radio location of passages; no map is... | Woodville Karst Plain Project | Wakulla-Leon Sinks cave system |
| Mendip Cave Registry entry: Wookey Hole ↗Registry record listing 28 historic surveys (1904-1969). | Mendip Cave Registry & Archive | Wookey Hole |
| RESSEL mise à jour / update: complete survey (2005) ↗Plans and sections of each part of the cave, survey by HFGK, INGO and the Landesverein für Höhlenkunde in der... | plongeesout.ffspeleo.fr | Émergence du Ressel |
| Cave Areas of Quintana Roo (QRSS cave footprint map) ↗An area-level map of known cave zones around Tulum, built by buffering survey lines by 250 m. It shows how much of... | Quintana Roo Speleological Survey | — |
| Hoyo Negro Project ↗Project site for the Hoyo Negro research: Naia, the extinct fauna, digital documentation by photogrammetry, and a... | Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia / University of California San Diego | — |
| Karst Underwater Research (KUR) ↗A volunteer non-profit exploring and documenting flooded karst in Florida, including Manatee, Madison, Ichetucknee,... | Karst Underwater Research | — |
| Karst in the United States: A Digital Map Compilation and Database ↗A national GIS and KML map of rocks and deposits that host or could host karst in the US, Puerto Rico and the US... | U.S. Geological Survey (Open-File Report 2014-1156) | — |
| New Madison and Manatee cave maps ↗Announcement of updated survey maps of Madison Blue Spring and Manatee Springs in Florida, with free small-scale... | Karst Underwater Research | — |
| Proyecto Espeleológico Sistema Huautla (PESH) ↗The exploration project for Sistema Huautla in Mexico, a very deep cave system whose flooded sections have been the... | PESH | — |
| Quintana Roo Speleological Survey (QRSS) ↗A long-running project that gathers cave survey data for Quintana Roo, Mexico. It publishes length and depth... | Quintana Roo Speleological Survey | — |
| U.S. Deep Caving Team ↗A non-profit devoted to exploring the planet's remaining frontiers and building the technology to do it. Its... | U.S. Deep Caving Team, Inc. | — |
| Woodville Karst Plain Project (WKPP) ↗A non-profit exploring and studying the flooded caves of North Florida's Woodville Karst Plain, including the... | Woodville Karst Plain Project | — |
| World Karst Aquifer Map (WOKAM) ↗A global map of potential karst aquifers in carbonate and evaporite rocks, with selected major karst springs and... | WHYMAP / Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) | — |