Tux Kupaxa cave system

Also known as Tux Kapaxa, Nai Tucha

Area: Chemuyil

Length: 147 m

Maximum depth: 11.3 m

Exploration

• 1998-2001 - Gunnar Wagner, Robert Schmittner

  First exploration; mastodon bones found. The survey data from these years were lost.

• 2003 - Bil Phillips, Robert Schmittner, Andres Labarte

  Continued exploration.

• 2005 - Bil Phillips, Sabine Schnittger; Steve Bogaerts

  Continued exploration.

• 2006-2007 - Robert Schmittner

  Continued exploration.

• 2009 - Daniel Hutňan, Petr Chmel, Martin Hones, Martin Hutňan, Miroslav Manhart, Miloslav Dvořáček

  Czech Speleological Society resurvey of the whole cave; 2 km of new passage. Total surveyed: 15,144 m.

• Robert Schmittner, Steve Bogaerts, Daniel Hutňan, Miroslav Manhart

  Primary explorers of the Tres Estrellas section (3,426 m); resurveyed in 2009 by Daniel Hutňan, Miroslav Manhart, Martin Hones, Miloslav Dvořáček, Petr Chmel, Martin Hutňan.

• Robert Schmittner, Steve Bogaerts, Daniel Hutňan, Miroslav Manhart

  Primary explorers of the Coop One section (1,859 m); resurveyed in 2009 by Daniel Hutňan, Miroslav Manhart, Martin Hones, Miloslav Dvořáček, Petr Chmel, Martin Hutňan.

Caves

• Coop One
• Nai Tucha
• Sac Xiquin
• Tres Estrellas
• unnamed opening at the south-west end (p.2311)

Part of

• K'oox Baal

All the cave systems of the Yucatán