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A popular cave diving destination, Pluragrotta attracts more divers than any other cave in Scandinavia. Visibility in the cave waters is high. The cave's passages were formed by the flow of the Plura river over limestone, and the cave system includes marble formations. A number of species have been identified in the cave ecosystem.
The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave (French: Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc [ɡʁɔt ʃovɛ pɔ̃ daʁk]) in the Ardèche department of southeastern France is a cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, [1] as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. [2]
This is a list of caves of the world that have articles or that are properly cited. They are sorted by continent and then country. They are sorted by continent and then country. Caves which are in overseas territories on a different continent than the home country are sorted by the territory's continent and name.
The Grotte de Cussac (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɔt də kysak]) is a cave located in the Dordogne river valley in Le Buisson-de-Cadouin, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France. [1] It contains over 150 Paleolithic artworks, including engravings of bison, horses, mammoths, rhinoceroses, ibex, birds, enigmatic figures, and perhaps four female profiles, including one apparently notable for a rubenesque ...
The Big Room is the largest chamber in North America and the 32nd largest in the world. [4] In 1930, Carlsbad Caverns was established as a national park and was also recognized as a World Heritage Site in 1995. According to The Travel, it is renowned globally for being "one of the most accessible and best-preserved cave complexes in the world". [5]
Some of the caves in the hill area have been developed as a tourist attraction. There is a viewpoint at Mae Chan District, from where the "sleeping lady" can best be observed. [18] Local tour guides joke that Doi Nang Non would be "the highest mountain in the world", if only the supposed lady would get up and stand on her feet. [citation needed]
This list of deepest caves includes the deepest known natural caves according to maximum surveyed depth as of 2024. The depth value is measured from the highest to the lowest accessible cave point. The depth value is measured from the highest to the lowest accessible cave point.
The caves are the most visited of several similar groups in the limestone caves of the country, and the most ancient discovered open caves in the world. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] They include numerous Silurian marine fossils [ 5 ] and the calcite formations, sometimes pure white, are noted for their beauty. [ 6 ]