Abrakurrie Cave
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| Abrakurrie Cave | |
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 The entrance to Abrakurrie Cave |
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| Location | Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia |
| Depth | -70m |
| Length | 300+m |
| Discovery | bef. 1930s |
| Geology | Karst |
| Difficulty | easy |
Coordinates: 31°39′26″S 128°29′23″E / 31.6572°S 128.4898°E
Abrakurrie Cave is a wild cave on the Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia. It is reported to have the largest single cave chamber in the southern hemisphere,[1] and that stencils in the cave are the deepest penetration of Aboriginal art of any cave system in Australia.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "South Australia: Whales & Wildcaves". Diverse Travel Australia. http://www.diversetravel.com.au/experiencesNatureAndCulture/whalesWildcaves.htm. Retrieved 4 January 2006.
- ^ "Abstracts of Papers, Reviews and Abstracts published in Volume 1 (1962) to Volume 9 (1971) of Helictite - Journal of Australasian Speleological Research". Helictite - Journal of Australasian Speleological Research. Archived from the original on 21 July 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050721231845/http://home.mira.net/~gnb/helictite/abstracts0.html. Retrieved 4 January 2006.
[edit] External links
- Inside Abrakurrie Cave (1935) State Library of South Australia
- Abrakurrie Cave Caves of Australia
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