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Phong Nha Cave is a cave in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam. It is 7,729 metres long and contains 14 grottoes, as well as a 13,969 metre underground river.
This increases the potential volume of the cave by more than 1,600,000 m 3 (57,000,000 cu ft). [15] The cave contains some of the tallest known stalagmites in the world, which are up to 80 m (260 ft) tall. [16] Behind the Great Wall of Vietnam were found cave pearls the size of baseballs, an abnormally large size. [17]
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 site is home to more than 200 stones and megaliths, carved with different images and complicated designs. Images of mountains, hills, and fields can be seen, as well as traces of three kinds of writing system: the pictographs of Han Chinese, talismans of Tày and Dao ethnic groups. [28] [29] Ba Bể – Na Hang Natural Heritage Area
The newly discovered cave was acclaimed by the British scientists as "the largest and the most beautiful cave in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng area". [ 11 ] [ 12 ] On June 1, 2006, the Ministry of Culture and Information of Vietnam issued a stamp collection of depicting various landscapes found in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng.
The cave has its own jungle, waters, beach, and climate. [2] There are three known entrances to Hang Én. The cave, which goes through a mountain for 1,645 metres (5,397 ft), has a maximum height around 100 metres (330 ft), and a maximum width of approximately 170 metres (560 ft) is a feeder to Hang Sơn Đoòng, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) away.
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First cave. Tam Cốc, literally "three caves", consists of three natural caves — Hang Cả, Hang Hai, and Hang Ba — on the Ngô Đồng River. [2] [3] Tourists are taken in small boats along the river from the village of Ván Lám, through rice fields and limestone karsts, through the caves, and back. Local women serve as guides and ...