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Drachenhöhle or Drachenhöhle Mixnitz (literally Dragon's Cave of Mixnitz) is a 542 m (1,778 ft) long cave with a 20 m (66 ft) wide and 12 m (39 ft) high entrance near Mixnitz, Styria, Austria, south-east of Bruck an der Mur located at an elevation of 950 m (3,120 ft) above sea level. [1]
Picture of the dragon relief Drakonjina špilja (meaning "Dragon's cave"), also known as Zmajeva pećina ("Wurm's cave"), is called so because of the mysterious relief of a dragon found inside. It is located immediately above Murvica , on the island of Brač , in Croatia .
Cuevas del Drach Martel -Pioneer of cave exploration. The Caves of Drach (modern Catalan spelling: Coves del Drac [ˈkɔβəz ðəl ˈdɾak]; Spanish: Cuevas del Drach; lit. ' Dragon caves ') are four great caves that are located in the island of Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, [1] extending to a depth of 25 m and reaching approximately 4 km in length. [1]
Passage in Secret Caverns. Secret Cave is part of a larger cave system, the Secret-Benson Cave System, which consists of 6,200 feet (1,900 m) of passage. [4] [5]The show cave starts at the discovery entrance, which has mostly been sealed with concrete with a small opening to allow bats to enter and exit the cave, although bat populations has been low since an outbreak of White-nose syndrome in ...
Inside the cave, supporting pillars were raised under the walls, and its main entrance was bricked up. Two remaining smaller openings were bricked up in 1830. The cave was reopened in 1842 and made accessible to the general public. In 1972, a fire-breathing statue of the Wawel Dragon by Bronisław Chromy was erected at the entrance to the cave.
Tenglong Cave (Chinese: 腾龙洞; lit. 'soaring dragon cave') is a cave located 6.8 km (4.2 mi) from Lichuan City, Hubei, China. [1] It is believed to be the longest monomer karst cave system in the world. The cave entrance is 74 m (243 ft) and 64 m (210 ft) wide, leading to 59.8 km (37.2 mi) of passageways. [2]
The long, wide cave, found by reviewing archival NASA data, could be used to protect astronauts from harsh radiation and extreme temperature swings as well as provide a new avenue to study lunar ...
On Friday, November 4, 2016, KUR divers Jonathan Bernot and Charlie Roberson established a new world record of 26,930 feet (8,210 m) penetration from air in an underwater cave at Cathedral Canyon. [5] Cathedral is the most upstream karst window in the Falmouth-Cathedral cave system, which is located in Suwannee County, Florida.