Rhino Rift
Rhino Rift is a cave near Charterhouse, in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is part of the Cheddar Complex SSSI.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Longwood Swallet and Charterhouse Cave.
Longwood Swallet
Cave
The Longwood Swallet is a cave near Charterhouse, in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is part of the Cheddar Complex SSSI and is connected to August Hole. Longwood Swallet is situated 690 feet northeast of Rhino Rift.
Charterhouse Cave
Cave
Charterhouse Cave, on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, is the deepest cave in southern England. Charterhouse Cave is situated 3,100 feet northwest of Rhino Rift.
GB Cave
Cave
Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
GB Cave is a cave between Charterhouse and Shipham in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave was first entered on 19 November 1939, after ten months of digging, by the University of Bristol Spelæological Society, and was named in recognition of the two members, F. GB Cave is situated 3,600 feet northwest of Rhino Rift.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Black Down and Cheddar.
Black Down
Locality
Photo: Jsommer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Black Down is the highest hill in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, in south-western England. Black Down lies just a few miles eastward of the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare, and provides a view over the Chew Valley.
Cheddar
Photo: Delta 51, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cheddar is a large village, with the largest gorge and caves in Britain. It has a population of around 5,800. The village gave its name to Cheddar cheese.
Burrington
Village
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
Burrington is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated in the unitary authority of North Somerset, just off the A368 between Blagdon and Churchill. Burrington is situated 2½ miles north of Rhino Rift.
Rhino Rift
- Type: Cave
- Description: Cave in Somerset, England
- Category: landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.2969° or 51° 17′ 49″ northLongitude
-2.74057° or 2° 44′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C3V77W5+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 894371910OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q7320600
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In Other Languages
“Rhino Rift” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “رينو ريفت”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Long Wood and Long Wood Nature Reserve.
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