Sistema Cheve (/ ˈtʃeɪveɪ / CHEV-ay; Spanish: Cueva Cheve, Sistema Cheve) is a deep cave located in the Sierra Juárez mountain range in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca.

Jun 1, 2022 · Buried in the Sierra Mazateca mountains on Oaxaca, Mexico is Chevé—a cave system that owns the distinction of deepest cave system…in the Western Hemisphere.

In 2021, more than 21 kilometers of previously unknown cave were discovered in Cueva Cheve alone. For a predominantly vertical, deep caving expedition, this represents a stunning increase to the known extents of the cave system.

May 17, 2022 · For decades, highly skilled cavers have come to Mexico to explore Cheve, a labyrinth within a mountain. After a steep subterranean climb, caver Corey Hackley was surprised to find an enormous...

In 1987 Cueva Cheve was first discovered by modern explorers at high elevation in the Sierra Juárez of northeastern Oaxaca, México. It is presently 1,484 meters deep and is the second deepest known cavern in the Western Hemisphere and the world's 12th deepest.

Apr 14, 2014 · Atanasio, a cliff-face opening in the Sierra de Juárez mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. The mountains are home to the Chevé system, some eighty-five hundred feet deep—potentially the deepest cave in...

Jun 6, 2022 · National Geographic’s Explorer: The Deepest Cave is a documentary chronicling the journey into the Cheve Cave in Oaxaca, Mexico. The goal of the team – led by the respected and renowned caver Bill Stone – is to prove that Cheve is the deepest cave in the world.

Sistema Cheve – an amazing cave in the mexican Sierra Juarez mountains, with hydrologically proven denivelation of 2597m (so far, the deepest cave in the world- Verevkina, is “only” 2204m deep).

The exploration of Sistema Cheve, Oaxaca, to -1362 meters, making it at the time the deepest in Mexico. Also includes other caves in the vicinity, including caves at the resurgence 2500 meters lower. Parallel texts in English and Spanish, black-and-white photos, fourteen cave maps.

Even though most people have never heard of it, Cueva Chevé is one of the deepest cave systems in the world. In 2003, a team led by American speleologist Bill Stone, explored Cueva Chevé, located in the mountainous, pine-clad Sierra de Juárez region of Oaxaca, to a depth of 1484 m (4869 ft).