Benarat Cavern System

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Benarat Cavern System
Location Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak [1]
Length50.5 km (31.4 mi) [1]
Height variation450.3 m (1,477 ft) [1]
Discovery
See list
  • Benarat Caverns (1978)
  • Hurricane Hole (connected in 2000)
  • Moon Cave (connected in 2005)
  • Cobweb Cave (connected in 2007)
[1]
Website Official website

Benarat Cavern (Malay : Lubang Benarat) is a cave system situated in Mount Benarat at the northern end of Mulu National Park in Malaysia. As of 2011, it is the third-longest known cave in Asia at 50 km. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Benarat Caverns System". Mulu Caves Project. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  2. Daly, Brian D. Kharpran (2013). Caves for the Uninitiated. Strategic Book Publishing. p. 121. ISBN   978-1-61897-470-9.

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