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| Crystal formations in a pool, Photo credit: WHiO Photography |
Nettlebed Cave, on Mt Arthur in Kahurangi National Park, is New Zealand’s deepest cave at 889 metres.
Hundreds of metres below the ground, far beyond where natural light has ever penetrated, a group of Kiwi cavers have discovered something small, but significant – a connection between two massive cave systems in the Arthur Mountain range of the South Island of New Zealand.
Nettlebed Cave is a limestone cave located in the Mount Arthur region of the northwest South Island of New Zealand. Nettlebed Cave was thought to be the deepest cave system in the southern hemisphere. It drops 889 metres below its upper entrance (Blizzard Pot) to its lower exit (the Pearse River resurgence), and its 24 kilometres of cave passages make it New Zealand’s third longest passages.
A trip through the cave usually takes two days, and a chamber known as Salvation Hall serves as the sleepover spot. Large systems like Nettlebed took many expeditions and years to explore.
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| Crystal formations in a pool, Photo credit: WHiO Photography |
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| Crystal formations in a pool, Photo credit: WHiO Photography |
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| Photo credit: Nicolas C. Barth. |
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| Photo credit: Josep Herrerías & Núria Zendrera |
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| Photo credit: Neil Silverwood/Barcroft India |
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| Photo credit: Neil Silverwood/Barcroft India |
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