Скельская Пещера

Skelsky Pestera - Skelsky Cave - Skelskaja Pestera - Skelskaya Cave

Useful Information

Location:	highway Yalta-Sevastopol, to Rodnikovsk, turn right. (44.460899, 33.869227)
Open:	Winter daily 10-16. Summer daily 9-19. [2020]
Fee:
Classification:	Karst Cave
Light:	Incandescent
Dimension:	L=670 m, T=12 °C.
Guided tours:	L=270 m.
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Address:	Skelsky Pestera.
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History

1904	discovered by the local teacher E. Kirillov.
1960	explorations by speleologists.
1964	declared a natural monument.
MAY-2003	start of development.
2005	opened to the public.
2011	installations renovated, electric light.

Description

This is the youngest show cave on the Crimean peninsula. The first stop is Fireplace Hall which was named after a flowstone in the shape of a fireplace. The second chamber is the biggest chamber of the cave and the main sight is the seven-meter stalactite Рыцарь с копьем (Knight with a spear). The chamber is 80 m long and 18 m wide, the ceiling up to 25 m high. The most mysterious part of the cave is the Зал привидений (Ghost Hall), and the operators do not tell whats going on there.