Largest sinkholes of the world

World's deepest sinkhole - Xiaozhai tiankeng, with tourist route visible

Wondermondo 🢖 Lists and articles 🢖 Largest and most impressive sinkholes of the world Publication Largest sinkholes of the world Where are located the largest sinkholes of the world? The most impressive sinkholes of the world are located in China. These pits are grouped in several locations in Chongqing Municipality, Guangxi, Guizhou, and also Sichuan provinces. Here they are […]

Manjang Cave

Manjang Cave, South Korea

Second longest lava cave in South Korea, 8,928 m long.

Son Doong Cave (Hang Sơn Đoòng)

Camp in the entrance part of Son Doong Cave, Vietnam

The biggest known cave in the world. Especially impressive is the more than 4 km long passage that is continuously 90 m wide and up to 200 m high. The total known length of this cave is 9 km. A powerful stream flows through the cave. Here are found unique cave pearls as large as baseballs, as well as green, algae-covered gours.

Garden of Eden on Sarawak

Garden of Eden as seen from Deer Cave, Sarawak

Possible world’s largest sinkhole that from three sides is surrounded by 150 – 300 m high vertical walls. This is a former giant cave chamber with two giant caves (Deer Cave and Green Cave) continuing on both sides of Garden of Eden. Volume – 150 million m³, size 1,200 x 1,000 m.

Krubera Cave (Voronya Cave)

Plan of Krubera Cave - the deepest cave on Earth

The second deepest known cave in the world, 2,197 meters deep. This extensive cave system is also quite long – 16,058 m.

San Wang Dong Cave

67 825 m long cave with some of the most impressive cave passages and rooms in the world. Cloud Ladder House is the seventh largest cave room in the world, it has its own clouds.

Qingkou tiankeng and waterfalls

The most impressive erosion tiankeng, with several waterfalls falling into it, vertical walls. Up to 295 m deep, up to 250 m wide, volume 9.2 million m³. The giant Er Wang Dong cave starts here.

Niubizi tiankeng (Niubidong)

An enormous pit, one of Qingkou tiankengs. In this impressive sinkhole starts the 42 km long Er Wang Dong cave.

Vrtiglavica cave

Cross section of Vrtiglavica cave with waterfall, Slovenia

643 m deep cave that contains the deepest pitch (single vertical drop) in the world (603 meters). 400 – 440 m tall waterfall inside. Possibly the tallest underground waterfall in the world.