Vorontsovskaya Cave System: the house of primitive people
orontsovskaya Cave System in the Khosta district of Sochi is the sixth in length in Russia. Together with the Labyrinth and Dolgaya caves and Kabany Proval they form a single system of caves with narrow passages filled with water. There are rivers, lakes and even waterfalls along this 11-kilometer-long karst solid mass.
The temperature inside the Vorontsovskaya Cave System and the entire underground complex is always about 12 ° C. Archaeologists have discovered here stone and bone tools, which are 15-20 thousand years old, and concluded that the caves served as a home for primitive people. The bones of cave bears were found in two rooms. The Small Circle with paths and lighting was opened here at a depth of 60 meters in 2000. It starts with the longest hall in the whole complex – Prometheus Grotto. The height of its walls is 20 meters, length - 120 meters. The walls of the grotto often collapsed, cracks and boulders are evidence of that. The Estradny hall makes tourists delightful because of numerous stalactites and stalagmites.
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