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The Abismo Guy Collet (SP-090) is the deepest cave in South America, and the deepest in the world that is formed in quartzite. Located in a tepui in northern Brazil near the border with Venezuela, this cave was first explored by cavers in 2006 to a depth of 671 m (2,201 ft).
Sima Pumacocha in Peru held the previous depth record in South America, determined to be 638 m (2,093 ft) deep in 2004.
- A Ong Akakor Geographical Exploring Descobre a Caverna Mais Profunda do Mundo em Quartzito Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Ayub, Soraya; 29th Brazilian Speleological Congress, June 2007
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