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'''Gouffre Mirolda''' is a [[karst|karstic]] cave located in the [[:fr:Haut-Giffre|Haut-Giffre]] mountain range, in the commune of [[Samoëns]], [[Haute-Savoie]], [[France]]. It is connected to the Lucien Bouclier cave network, and has a depth of 1733 m.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Worlds deepest caves|url=http://www.caverbob.com/wdeep.htm|last=Gulden|first=Bob|date=22 Jan 2020|website=caverbob.com|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

The cave was discovered in 1971 by Marc Degrinis, a shepherd. The cave was measured to be 1733 m deep, making it the deepest natural cave in the world from January 2003 until July 2004,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Quand Mirolda devint le gouffre le plus profond du monde|url=https://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2015/07/27/quand-mirolda-devint-le-gouffre-le-plus-profond-du-monde|last=de Sainte Lorette|first=Cedran|date=28 July 2015|website=Le Dauphiné Libéré|language=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Échos des profondeurs|url=http://www.chroniques-souterraines.fr/dossiers/Speleologie/01_Explorations/2006profondeur.pdf|last=Courbon|first=Paul|date=2007|website=chroniques-souterraines.fr|language=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> when it was passed by the cave [[Krubera Cave|Krubera-Voronja]] in [[Abkhazia]]. It is the deepest cave in France. The cave's name is derived from the forenames of the [[Rhône (department)|Rhodanien]] cavers Michel Schmidt, Roland Chenevier, and Daniel Trouilleux, who were lost in a flood in [[:fr:Grotte de Gournier|Gournier Cave]] in November 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Deux spéléologues lyonnais meurent noyés| website=lemonde.fr/archives| date=11 November 1976|language=fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1976/11/11/deux-speleologues-lyonnais-meurent-noyes_2947012_1819218.html|access-date=}}</ref>

==See also==