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The Great Stalactite. The cave's most notable feature is the Great Stalactite. [3] This is one of the world's longest known free-hanging stalactites, reported to be 7.3 m (24 ft) in length. [4] This figure is a matter of some confusion, however, as it is also variously described as being 11 m, 6.2 m and 6.54 m. [5]
A stalactite (UK: / ˈ s t æ l ə k ˌ t aɪ t /, US: / s t ə ˈ l æ k t aɪ t /; from Ancient Greek σταλακτός (stalaktós) 'dripping', from σταλάσσειν (stalássein) 'to drip') [1] is a mineral formation that hangs from the ceiling of caves, hot springs, or man-made structures such as bridges and mines.
This list of longest caves includes caves in which the combined length of documented passageways exceeds 100 kilometres (62 mi). In some of these caves, passageways ...
Carlsbad Cavern includes a large limestone chamber, named simply the Big Room, which is almost 4,000 ft (1,220 m) long, 625 ft (191 m) wide, and 255 ft (78 m) high at its highest point. The Big Room is the largest chamber in North America and the 32nd largest in the world.
The Eberstadt Stalactite Cave (or Eberstadter Tropfsteinhöhle) is a German show cave located in Bauland at the transition of Southeastern Odenwald forest in the North of Baden-Württemberg. It is near Eberstadt, a District of Buchen , around 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of Heidelberg and 100 km (62 mi) north of Stuttgart .
Towards the bottom, a stalactite formation resembles a dinosaur. Further down, the view falls into the Grape Chamber, where pearl-like stalactites once grew underwater. However, this part of the cave has since dried up. Visitors embark on a journey through an extensive long corridor, in which fracture zones can be seen.
Avshalom Cave (Hebrew: מערת אבשלום, romanized: Me'arat Avshalom), known in academic literature as Soreq Cave (Hebrew: מערת שׂורק, romanized: Me'arat Soreq; Arabic: مغارة سوريك, romanized: Mghar Suriq) and popularly as Stalactites Cave (Hebrew: מערת הנטיפים, romanized: Me'arat HaNetifim), is a 5,000 m 2 cave on the western side of Mt. Ye'ela, in the ...
Luray Caverns, previously Luray Cave, is a cave just west of Luray, Virginia, United States, which has drawn many visitors since its discovery in 1878.The cavern system is adorned with speleothems such as columns, mud flows, stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, and mirrored pools.