Son Doong Cave
Son Doong Cave is a work of art in Bố Trạch District, Quảng Trị province. Son Doong Cave is situated nearby to Hang Én Cave.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Son Doong Cave and Swallow Cave.
Son Doong Cave
Cave
Photo: Doug Knuth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sơn Đoòng Cave, in Phong Nha – Kẻ Bàng National Park, Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam, is the world's largest natural cave. Located near the Laos–Vietnam border, Hang Sơn Đoòng has an internal, fast-flowing subterranean river and the largest cross-section of any cave, worldwide, believed to be twice that of the next-largest passage. Son Doong Cave is situated 1½ km northwest of Son Doong Cave.
Swallow Cave
Cave
Photo: JB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hang Én, occasionally referred to as Én cave in English, is a cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Én is the third largest cave in the world, after Hang Sơn Đoòng in the same national park, and Deer Cave in Malaysia. Swallow Cave is situated 1¼ km southeast of Son Doong Cave.
Son Doong Cave
- Type: Work of art
- Categories: cave and tourism
- Location: Bố Trạch District, Quảng Trị province, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
17.44415° or 17° 26′ 39″ northLongitude
106.29358° or 106° 17′ 37″ eastOpen location code
7P98C7VV+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4409003190OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artwork
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In Other Languages
“Son Doong Cave” goes by many names.
- Vietnamese: “Hang Sơn Đoòng - Hồ Khanh”
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