Optymistychna Cave

#226 among destinations in Ukraine

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Optymistychna is a gypsum cave located near the Ukrainian village of Korolivka, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast. Approximately 230 km of passageways have been mapped within. As a result, it is the longest cave in Eurasia and the fifth-longest cave in the world, after Mammoth Cave, Sistema Sac Actun, Jewel Cave and Sistema Ox Bel Ha. It is also the longest gypsum cave in the world. ()

Local name: Оптимістична печера Discovered: 1966Length: 142.92 miCoordinates: 48°44'6"N, 25°58'26"E

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TernopilUkraine

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Optymistychna Cave – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Optymistychna Cave, Priest's Grotto, Pecera Verteba, Ruini zamku.

1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Optymistychna Cave
27 min walk • Optymistychna is a gypsum cave located near the Ukrainian village of Korolivka, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast. Approximately 230 km of passageways have been mapped within.
2.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Priest's Grotto
70 min walk • Priest's Grotto is a cave in western Ukraine near the village of Strilkivtsi, located within Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast. Priest's Grotto is part of the extensive gypsum giant cave system, and is one of the longest caves in the world with over 140490 m of explored passages.
6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Pecera Verteba
152 min walk • WARTEBA CALL - a gypsum cave, located in the Ternopilian region of Ukraine, near the village of Bilcze Złote, on a flat loess plateau. The cave was accidentally discovered in 1822.
3.7 miN
Forts and castles
Ruini zamku
94 min walk • Castle in a drain - a castle built at the beginning of the 17th century, on a small plateau on a steep and haughty bank at the mouth of the Głęboczek River to Nichława.