World’s Biggest Cave Discovered in Vietnam
Caves are cavernous and scary places, filled with bats, bottomless pits, and other natural mysteries. In Vietnam, some brave explorers have discovered and mapped the world’s biggest cave.
The Son Doong cave is 262 feet wide throughout most of the passage, and features a 1.6 mile long river and 230 feet stalagmites. For a couple of miles of the passage, the cave measures 460 feet wide.
A local farmer discovered the cave and led the joint British and Vietnamese exploration team in their April expedition. The team mapping the cave got as far as a 46 foot high wall before they were stymied.
“The second team that went in got flooded out,” Adam Spillane, a member of the British Cave Research Association expedition that explored the limestone cavern, said. “We’re going back next year to climb that wall and explore the cave further.”
The previous record-holder, Deer Cave on the Malaysian island of Borneo, is 300 feet wide, but it is much shorter than Son Doong. The Vietnamese terrain, which is filled with similar limestone caves, presented a lot of difficulties to the explorers. The research team surveyed the cave using precise laser technology to assess its size.
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By RMJ on 09-08-2009
Comment by Martegod Mx
August 9th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
beautiful!
Comment by Trish
August 9th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
That is really awesome!
Comment by Lahondaknitter
August 9th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Wow, that is amazing.
Comment by Tito
August 9th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
That was where they were hiding!
Comment by Pancake
August 9th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Beautiful….
Comment by Anon
August 10th, 2009 at 12:32 am
Just a country away, I wonder if any of it is open to the public… I'd really love to see it.
Comment by Steaven
August 10th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Wow, that is amazing..
Comment by Mark
August 10th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Borneo is not in Malaysia but in Indonesia
Comment by Jim
August 10th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Awesome article on one of the wonders of the world.
Comment by jason
August 10th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
borneo… malaysia, brunei, indonesia. 2 malaysian states of sarawak and sabah- the indonesian part known as kalimantan. dumbasses
Comment by jrff
August 10th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Has this been scoured for evidence of Iraqi WMD yet?
Comment by matelot
August 10th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Just discovered ?????
Comment by pacat
August 21st, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Stunning!!!!!
Comment by yiqiW
September 10th, 2009 at 6:15 am
Bottomless pits, still to this day creeps me out. The more I read about it, the scarier the thought of no one being able to reach the bottom gets.
It is hauntingly beautiful, hopefully a documentary could be made on this so people who dont have access to go to places like this, least get a glimps of it.
Comment by mYc
October 9th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
dannnggg…that looks tight…
but i wouldn't go in there…lol
Comment by sex maniac
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Calbiga Samar Philippines the world's largest cave! 3 days of venture before leaving out the cave