Re: Longest Passage/Most Remote Location
Posted: May 2, 2012 10:12 pm
From what I read in Caves and Karst of the USA, Kazumura Cave in Hawaii is the longest cave by linear extent being 20 miles end to end. But this is a lava tube with many entrances. As for the longest passage Sistema del Rio Encantado has the longest continuous river passage being 17 kilometers long. Wasn't there an expedition in 2011 that connected this with another cave and made the passage 21 km long?
As for most remote location from an entrance, Fort Stanton sounds like it could be the most, all of the passages in Mammoth seem to be within no more than a few miles of an entrance. Fisher Ridge could be a possible candidate. Anyone seen any maps of the big ones in Europe? Something long and deep in France or Spain seems like a good place to look at.
As for most remote location from an entrance, Fort Stanton sounds like it could be the most, all of the passages in Mammoth seem to be within no more than a few miles of an entrance. Fisher Ridge could be a possible candidate. Anyone seen any maps of the big ones in Europe? Something long and deep in France or Spain seems like a good place to look at.