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The Kungur Ice Cave
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February 04, 2009 15:27
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The Kungur Ice Cave is located in the south-east of Perm region of Russia. Ramified passages of Kungur Ice Cave stretch under the ground for over 6,000 metres, and only a small part has already been explored. To this day old slides and crumblings do not allow to determine the total length of the passages. The grottoes are `adorned` with columns of stalagmites and icicles of stalactites up to two metres in height. Over millennia, limestone bearing water has created an infinite variety of forms in the cave, like snowflakes which change in size during the year and reach the size of a maple leaf during late winter.


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