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British explorers discover the light at the end of the tunnel... in the world's largest cave Daily Mail - May 1, 2009
By
Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 6:09 PM on 01st May 2009
A British caving team believe they have discovered the world's largest cave passage in the heart of the Vietnamese jungle.
The
rocky passage is 150metres long and measures a towering 200metres in
height - seven times as high as the vaulted ceiling of York Cathedral.
Possibly the world's largest cave passage, Hang
Son Doong was discovered in the heart of the Vietnamese jungle by a
British caving team. At 150m long and 200m high, it is seven times as
high as York Cathedral
Called Hang Son Doong (Mountain River Cave) it is believed to be almost twice the size of the current record holder.
'It is a truly amazing sized cave and one of the most significant
discoveries by a British caving team,' said Adam Spillane, a member of
the 13-man expedition team.
Using a laser measuring device known as the LaserRace 300, which
measures height and width, the team are now back in the UK analysing
their readings.
Originally discovered in 1991, the cave had not
been entered since, due to the terrifying wind and noise from the large
underground river
The cave
was originally discovered in 1991 by a Vietnamese Jungle man called Ho
Khanh. However Mr Spillane said no-one had entered if before because
'it emitted a frightful wind and noise which was due to a large
underground river'.
But
assisted by representatives of Hanoi University of Science, the joint
British-Vietnamese Caving Expedition 2009 spent five days exploring the
cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in mid-April.
The
team spent six hours trekking through the jungle to reached the cave.
Climbing down into a large chamber, they had to negotiate two
underground rivers before reaching the main passage of the Hang Son
Doong.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1175430/British-explorers-discover-worlds-largest-cave-deep-Vietnamese-jungle.html
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