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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
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.
Formed in Carboniferous/Permian limestone, the main Sơn Đoòng cave passage is the largest known cave passage in the world by volume – 3.84 × 10 7 m 3 (1.36 × 10 9 cu ft), according to BCRA expedition leader Howard Limbert. It is more than 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long, 200 metres (660 ft) high and 150 metres (490 ft) wide.
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 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
Cúc Phương National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Cúc Phương) is located in Ninh Bình Province, in Vietnam's Red River Delta. Cuc Phuong was Vietnam's first national park and is the country's largest nature reserve. The park is one of the most important sites for biodiversity in Vietnam. Map of Vietnam.
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.
Show caves in Vietnam (4 P) Hang Sơn Đoòng (2 P) Pages in category "Caves of Vietnam" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.