Wonders of Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
Wondermondo 🢖 World 🢖 Wonders of Australia and Oceania 🢖 Wonders of Polynesia 🢖 Wonders of Chile 🢖 Wonders of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Territory Wonders of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Highlights The small Eastern Island is small in a geographical sense but it has a unique cultural and archaeological heritage comparable to the heritage of major world civilizations. There are known more than 20,000 […]
Wonders of Australia
Wondermondo 🢖 World 🢖 Wonders of Australia and Oceania 🢖 Wonders of Australia Territory Wonders of Australia Highlights Australia covers the smallest continent of the world and islands around this continent. A major part of the wonders of Australia are natural monuments but of global importance are also such archaeological monuments as Australian cliff paintings and some architecture monuments, e.g. Sydney […]
Morning Glory clouds of Carpentaria Gulf
A unique phenomenon, characteristic for the region at the southern part of Carpentaria Gulf. Here in springs early in the morning at special conditions form up to 1000 km long roll clouds, providing unique sight.
Dinosaur Cove
The richest find of dinosaur remnants in Australia. Here were discovered the first polar dinosaurs and the first southern tyrannosaurs.
Centurion tree – the tallest eucalyptus
The highest known mountain ash and eucalypt (Eucalyptus regnans F.Muell.) in the world, making this the second tallest tree species in the world. Height 99.8 m, diameter 4.05 m (girth 13.7 m), volume 268 m3. Has been at least 103 m tall but the top is broken. The tree has suffered during the fires in January 2019 but is alive.
Minyé sinkhole and cave
One of the largest and most impressive tiankengs (giant sinkholes) in the world, located in an exotic jungle and crossed by a powerful underground river. Up to 510 meters deep, 350 meters across, volume – 26 million m³. It continues as a cave system. The explored length of cave passages is 5,421 m, maximum depth – 468 m. Contains one of the largest cave rooms in the world – Tuké room, 240 m long, 200 m wide and 130 m high.
Naré sinkhole
One of the most spectacular sinkholes in the world, also located in an exotic jungle. Up to 310 meters deep, up to 150 meters across, volume – 4.7 million m³. Walls are overhanging, below flows a powerful river. At the top part of the sinkhole, inside it often is seen clouds. The further cave reaches 415 m depth.
Wonders of Papua New Guinea
Wondermondo 🢖 World 🢖 Wonders of Australia and Oceania 🢖 Wonders of Melanesia 🢖 Wonders of Papua New Guinea Territory Wonders of Papua New Guinea Highlights One of the most exciting and mysterious lands in the world is Papua New Guinea. Here live diverse indigenous people speaking in 820 languages who have very diverse cultural traditions. The country has a very rugged terrain […]
Mamo Kananda Cave
Giant cave with explored passages 55 km long, the longest known in Papua New Guinea. The three largest cave chambers have a volume of 1 million m³. An enormous cavity called Space Oddity is located 525 m below the entrance.
Mamo plateau
Unique landscape – here close together are located more than 100 giant sinkholes, up to 600 m wide and up to 420 m deep (Uli Malemuli sinkhole). The volume of the largest sinkholes reaches 31 million m³, their walls though are not vertical. Numerous waterfalls are falling into sinkholes.
