Engelbrecht Cave
Engelbrecht Cave is a cave system in the Australian state of South Australia consisting of a sinkhole with two major passages located under the Mount Gambier urban area.Photo: Satellizer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday—Sunday 9:30 AM—3:00 PM
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave system in South Australia
- Also known as: “5L-19” and “5L-20”
- Address: 26 Chute Street
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Gambier and Tenison Woods College.
Mount Gambier
Peak
Photo: Diceman, Public domain.
Mount Gambier, also known as Berrin, is a maar complex in South Australia associated with the Newer Volcanics Province. The complex contains four maars, the most well-known one of which is Blue Lake / Warwar. Mount Gambier is situated 2½ km southwest of Engelbrecht Cave.
Tenison Woods College
School
Tenison Woods College is an Australian independent co-educational Roman Catholic secondary school in Mount Gambier, South Australia. It is named after the pioneer priest, scientist and educator Julian Tenison Woods in recognition of his contribution to Catholic education. Tenison Woods College is situated 2 km southwest of Engelbrecht Cave.
Blue Lake/Warwar
Photo: Admella1859, Public domain.
Blue Lake / Warwar is a large, monomictic, crater lake located in a dormant volcanic maar associated with the Mount Gambier maar complex. The lake is situated near Mount Gambier in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, and is one of four volcanic crater lakes originally on Mount Gambier maar. Blue Lake/Warwar is situated 3 km south of Engelbrecht Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Gambier and Worrolong.
Mount Gambier
Photo: Roo72, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Gambier is the second largest city in South Australia with a population of 33,233, midway between Adelaide and Melbourne and 15 km west of the Victorian border.
Worrolong
Suburb
Worrolong is a north-eastern suburb of Mount Gambier. Most of the suburb is in the District Council of Grant. A small portion of the southwest including the Mount Gambier Golf Course is in the City of Mount Gambier. Worrolong is situated 7 km east of Engelbrecht Cave.
Engelbrecht Cave
- Categories: show cave, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.82063° or 37° 49′ 14″ southLongitude
140.77241° or 140° 46′ 21″ eastOpen location code
4RJ25QHC+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1536553195OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q28225120
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In Other Languages
“Engelbrecht Cave” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف انجلبريشت”
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Highlights include National Servicemans Memorial Park and Cricket/Football.
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