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Inside Tham Jang. Tham Jang is a cave just to the southwest of Vang Vieng, Laos. Approached by a bridge over the Nam Song River and then a long flight of steps, a spring is located about 50 metres (160 ft) inside the cave. [1] The cave was used as a bunker in the early 19th century during the Chinese-Ho invasion. [1] [2]
There are also numerous caves, such as Tham Phu Kham half an hour north of Vang Vieng by tuk-tuk or the Tham Non and Tham Jang caves closer to Vang Vieng. [9] A market five kilometres north of town sells Lao textiles, household items, and foodstuffs. The town is on the main north–south highway, Route 13 from Luang Prabang to the capital ...
The Tham Khuyen is a palaeontological formation located in Vietnam. It dates to the Jurassic period. The cave is located in Lang Son province , about 125 kilometers northeast of Hanoi .
Possible cave entrances on Mars. The pits have been informally named (A) Dena, (B) Chloe, (C) Wendy, (D) Annie, (E) Abby (left) and Nikki, and (F) Jeanne. As of 2007 [update] seven putative cave entrances have been identified in satellite imagery of the planet Mars , all so far located on the flanks of Arsia Mons . [ 53 ]
Phong Nha Cave: Unknown 7,729 m (25,358 ft) karst UNESCO World Heritage site; Quang Binh province Sơn Đoòng cave: 150 m (490 ft) 9,000 m (30,000 ft) karst Reputed to be the largest in the world; Quảng Bình Province Tam Cốc-Bích Động: Unknown 125 m (410 ft) karst Complex of three caves; Ninh Binh province Thiên Đường Cave: Unknown
The world's largest cave is so big that a Boeing 747 could fly through its largest cavern unscathed. It could fit a Manhattan city block complete with 40-story skyscrapers and has its own weather ...
Vietnam holds the second-highest number of World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia with ten sites. [3] The Complex of Huế Monuments was the first site in Vietnam to be inscribed on the list at the 17th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Colombia in 1993. [4]
On June 23, 2018, twelve boys of the junior football team "Wild Boars" and their assistant coach Ekkaphon Chanthawong leave practice to explore the Tham Luang cave.When the team fails to arrive at a birthday party organized by their parents, their families head to the caves, only to find them flooded and the boys missing, their bikes left at the entrance.