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Steinbrücken Cave

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57: 64: 37: 307:(490 ft) of the Gaffered series of pitches leads to another horizontal development called The Underworld. A further 50 metres (160 ft) of pitches leads to an extensive horizontal development called Subsoil. Subway Level, the lowest stratigraphical layer of the cave, can then be reached by descending 100 metres (330 ft) down the Four Pitches of the Apocalypse. 306:
Most other explorations begin at entrance E, which leads through an awkward crawl to a 30-metre (98 ft) pitch that has a deposit of snow at the bottom most years. From here extensive horizontal levels of Swings and Roundabouts, Treeumphant and Rhino Rift can be reached. Descending 150 metres
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The originally discovered entrance A is primarily used as a route to the deepest part of the cave, "Razor Dance", a narrow rift of over 500 metres (1,600 ft) extent. 32 pitches and climbs are required to reach the terminal sump.
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As of 2013, the cave has six entrances, has passages of 18.6 kilometres (11.6 mi) in length and a depth of 622 metres (2,041 ft). There are over 300 question marks (unexplored leads) of varying quality in the cave.
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which has a combined length of over 126 kilometres (78 mi) and a vertical extent of 1,112 metres (3,648 ft).
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There are over a hundred caves in the vicinity, most of which connect into the
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in 1999. It is part of the large Schwarzmooskogel cave system (
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Steinbrückenhöhle

bivouac shelter
Map showing the location of Steinbrückenhöhle
Loser Plateau
47°41.456′N 13°49.288′E / 47.690933°N 13.821467°E / 47.690933; 13.821467
Cambridge University Caving Club
Limestone
Cave survey
plan
‹See Tfd›
German
Cambridge University Caving Club
Loser Plateau
‹See Tfd›
German
Traungold Cave
bivouac shelter
17th longest cave system in the world
47°41.456′N 13°49.288′E / 47.690933°N 13.821467°E / 47.690933; 13.821467 (first entrance)
Schwatzmooskögel System
Schwatzmooskögel System
Tunnock Shaft
Balkonhöhle
Kaninchenhöhle
Stelleweg-Schnellzughöhle System
Kaninchenhöhle
List of longest caves
"1623/204 Question Mark List"
"Steinbrückenhöhle"

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