Son Doong cave is World's largest cave, discovered in 2009

in #travel8 years ago

 Son Doong cave(Vietnamese: Hang Son Doong) is world's largest cave, located in Quang Binh province, Vietnam. It is found by a local man named Ho Khanh in 1991 and was recently discovered in 2009 by British cavers, led by Howard Limbert. The name "Son Doong" cave means "mountain river cave", It was created 2-5 million years ago by river water eroding away the limestone underneath the mountain Where the limestone was weak, the ceiling collapsed creating huge skylights...

 Saudi Arabia Crown Prince discovers Son Doong Cave: In the afternoon – February 11, 2014 - A party for the Crown Prince of the Abu Dhabi Emirate, who has successfully conquered the world’s largest cave Son Doong, also was the first person to enter this cave in the year 2014... 


Sort:  

Really nice pictures, that place looks beautiful

Cool cave, looks like a new world.

Coin Marketplace

STEEM 0.18
TRX 0.13
JST 0.030
BTC 58867.32
ETH 3223.11
USDT 1.00
SBD 2.30