Steinbrücken Cave
| Steinbrückenhöhle | |
|---|---|
Scene from the stone bridge bivouac shelter by the entrance | |
| Location | Loser Plateau, Austria |
| Coordinates | 47°41.456′N 13°49.288′E / 47.690933°N 13.821467°E |
| Depth | 622 metres |
| Length | 15.4 kilometres |
| Discovery | Cambridge University Caving Club 1999 |
| Geology | Limestone |
| Entrances | 6 |
| Translation | Stone bridge cave (German) |
| Cave survey | plan |
Steinbrücken Cave (German: Steinbrückenhöhle, "Stone bridge cave", no. 1623/204 in the Austrian cave register) was discovered by the Cambridge University Caving Club on the Loser Plateau in 1999. It is part of the large Schwarzmooskogel cave system (German: Schwarzmooskogelhöhlensystem), and is named after a nearby natural arch. The arch is in fact a former entrance to Traungold Cave (1623/231e) which has been developed into a convenient bivouac shelter for cave explorers. The SMK system is the 17th longest cave system in the world.