The Mountain River Cave, located in Cudjoe Hill, St Catherine, is a treasure mine of Jamaican history. This fairly simple cave, located about 21 kilometres north west of Spanish Town, has far-reaching importance beyond its shallow depth. Stepping.
Apr 30, 2021 04:42 PM EDT
Ho Khanh, a farmer in central Vietnam, while looking for shelter from a storm, discovered a small entrance to what would soon be known as the world s largest cave system. He reported what he discovered to the British Caving Research Association, but the cave wasn t actually explored until 2009 which was the first time it was explored.
Son Doong was instantly crowned the largest of its kind in the world after the first journey into the cave.
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Mountain River Cave
Hang Son Doong, which means Mountain River Cave, is located at Phong Nha Ke Bong National Park in the Quang Binh province of Central Vietnam. The cave is approximately 30 miles northwest of Dong Hoi which is a coastal Vietnamese city.
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Translating to ‘Mountain River Cave’, Hang Son Doong Cave is the largest in the world. Buried deep in the jungles of Phong Nha Ke-Bang National Park in Vietnam, the cave looks like something straight out of the Jurassic period. At 182 metres high, 91 metres wide and more than four kilometres long, Hang Son Doong Cave feels like an underground world of its own might, filled with the world’s largest stalagmites.
But thanks to its two sinkholes, the cave is also flooded with sunlight at times. This has made it possible for a spectacular underground jungle to form where trees reach up to 50 metres high, and for a variety of animals, from monkeys to flying foxes, to call this cave home. Talk about world wonders.
nature s sculpture garden filled with prehistoric boulders and stalagmites, gigantic columns by the up from calcium deposited by dripping water. i m way down here about 400 feet below the top of one of the world s largest caverns. it is inside a mountain in central vietnam and was only found a couple of decades ago. after a grueling hour, an illuminating light, 1,000 feet overhead. every turn, there s something else. this colossal sky light where the chamber ceiling collapsed is called a doe line breathing life into this underground world. it s a lush green oasis. our camp s white sand beaches lit up below. it looks like avatar in here. it doesn t feel real. this is that hidden world we ve been chasing. mountain river cave. the planet s largest.