Son Doong

Son Doong

Son Doong cave is World's largest cave

Location Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam

Coordinates 17°27′25″N 106°17′15″ECoordinates: 17°27′25″N 106°17′15″E

Depth Max 150m / 490ft

Length Approx 9,000 m / 30,000 ft

Discovery 1991 [AD] by Hồ Khanh

Geology Permo-Carboniferous limestone

Entrances Approx 2

Hazards Underground river

Cave survey 2009, British/Vietnamese

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.