Kakamora Caves – mystery of the dwarf people
Legendary, inaccessible caves, where, according to locals, live Kakamora people – ancient dwarf people, just one meter tall, walking naked and endowed with incredible strength. Many believe that these people still exist.
Talava Arches and Caves
One of the major sights in Niue: a beautiful cave with three huge natural arches. After entering the cave, there are two exits – one towards the sea with one enormous natural arch visible (approximately 7 m high and 20 – 25 m wide), another – to a sinkhole with two other large natural arches. From the sinkhole are available some more caves. Sinkholes and arches have been formed by the collapse of the cave roofs. First seen by Captain Cook.
Mawjymbuin Cave
209 m long cave – a Hindu shrine.
Mawsmai Cave
Beautiful, approximately 250 m long cave.
Jogimara Cave, Sita Bengra Cave
These caves served as ancient theater approximately 300 BC. Valuable inscriptions such as the world’s oldest love message.
Sittanavasal Cave (Chithannavasal Cave) and Eladipattam
A rock-cut Jain temple from the 7th century AD. Temple contains some of the best medieval rock paintings in India.
Sima Humboldt and Sima Martel
314 and 248 meters deep, ancient quartzite sinkholes located on the top of forested table-top mountains and containing patches of isolated, primeval rainforest on their bottoms.
10 most impressive and largest sinkholes in the world
Wondermondo 🢖 Lists and articles 🢖 10 most impressive and largest sinkholes in the world Publication 10 most impressive and largest sinkholes in the world In short The giant sinkholes of Earth belong to the most impressive natural landmarks. Wondermondo offers a unique list of 10 largest sinkholes of the world – deepest, most capacious and most unusual ones. […]
Sinkholes
Wondermondo 🢖 Categories of wonders 🢖 Geological wonders 🢖 Caves 🢖 Sinkholes Category Sinkholes Described sinkholes What is included in this category? This category includes outstanding sinkholes – large natural depressions or holes, which for the most part represent collapsed caves. Often there is used the equivalent term – doline – what in Southern Slavic languages means "depression". Some consider that "sinkhole" is […]
Teiq sinkhole and cave
1.25 km long, 1 km wide, and 250 m deep sinkhole with abrupt walls, volume 90 million m³ – the largest sinkhole by volume in the world. Two perennial streams enter the sinkhole and both disappear underground. Contains also a largely unexplored cave.
