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Manjanggul (Korean: 만장굴) is a lava tube located in Gimnyeong-ri, Gujwaeup, Jeju City, South Korea.At up to 23 metres (75') wide, 30 metres (100') high and 8.928 km (5½ miles) long, it is the 12th-longest lava tube in the world and the second longest on Jeju Island, [1] although a significant portion of the cave is closed to visitors. [2]
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.
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.
It was 8.5 m (28 ft) and so the total cave depth reached 2,212 m (7,257 ft). [1] September 2018 – a photo trip of the PST to the bottom of the cave took place, led by Pavel Demidov, with the English cave photographer Robbie Shone. [9] The team narrowly escaped the flood caused by a rain storm, which filled the lower level of the cave. [10] [11]
Caves are found around the world. The largest form in areas of karst landforms whose rocks dissolve easily. Preferable conditions for karst cave formation are adequate precipitation, enough plants and animals to produce ample carbon dioxide, and a landscape of gentle hills which drains slowly.
The integration of the entire system will produce a 2,597 metres (8,520 ft) deep cave and would represent the deepest cave in the world. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] During the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 Cheve Cave reached 55 kilometres (34 miles) in length and a depth of 1,524 metres (5,000 ft) compared to the Palomitas cave entrance [ 13 ]
Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known for its natural acoustics. The National Trust for Scotland owns the cave as part of a national nature reserve. [1] It became known as Fingal's Cave after the eponymous hero of an epic poem by 18th-century Scots poet-historian James Macpherson.
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 ]