Bulmer Cavern
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Bulmer Cavern is New Zealand's longest cave system,[1] running for 66 km through Mount Owen in the Tasman region of the northwest South Island.[2] John Patterson discovered the cave on New Year's Day 1984, by dropping a rock down and counting the seconds until it reached the bottom.[1]
Bulmer Cavern was the location of a major cave rescue effort in 1998, when it took 80 cavers several days to extract another caver who had fallen and broken his jaw deep in the cavern.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Board, Andrew (12 January 2010). "New Zealand's longest cave getting bigger". The Nelson Mail. http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/3223446/New-Zealands-longest-cave-getting-bigger. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
- ^ Caving in New Zealand (from Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand)
- ^ Caving equipment and culture from Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand)
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Coordinates: 41°33′30″S 172°31′08″E / 41.5583°S 172.5188°E
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