Swallow Cave
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.Photo: JB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cave
- Description: En Cave in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam
- Also known as: “Hang Én” and “Hang Én (swift cave)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Son Doong 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 3 km northwest of Swallow Cave.
Swallow Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Bố Trạch District, Quảng Trị province, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
17.43488° or 17° 26′ 6″ northLongitude
106.29978° or 106° 17′ 59″ eastOpen location code
7P98C7MX+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 6358064546OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q22278419
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Swallow Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شنق إين”
- Chinese: “恒恩洞”
- Danish: “Engrotten”
- French: “grotte Én”
- French: “Grotte Én”
- German: “Én-Höhle”
- Interlingua: “Caverna de Én”
- Italian: “grotta Én”
- Italian: “Grotta Én”
- Korean: “엔 동굴”
- Korean: “항엔”
- Portuguese: “Gruta de Én”
- Spanish: “Gruta de En”
- Spanish: “Gruta de Én”
- Swedish: “Hang Én”
- Vietnamese: “Hang Én”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hang Én Cave and Doong Village.
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