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It is the largest known cave passage in the world by volume. Its name, Hang Sơn Đoòng, is variously translated from Vietnamese as "cave of the mountain river" [4] or "cave of mountains behind Đoòng [village]". [disputed – discuss] As a solutional cave, it was formed in soluble limestone [5] and is believed to be between 2 and 5 million ...
220,055 ha (849.64 sq mi) Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng ( Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng) is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Bố Trạch and Minh Hóa districts of central Quảng Bình Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam, about 500 km south of Hanoi. The park borders the Hin Namno National ...
Deep in the jungle of central Vietnam lies an underground kingdom. Hang Son Doong, which translates as ‘mountain river cave’ is the largest cave passage in the world and a place of beauty.
Max. approx. 170 m (560 ft) Hang Én ('swift cave' in Vietnamese, named for the birds that nest in it [1] ), 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 ...
Despite all of our recent advancements in technology, the Hang Son Doong cave in Vietnam was not even encountered until 1991, millions of years after its creation.
Hồ Khanh. ' Phạm Duy Khánh (born 1969) is a Vietnamese logger turned cave guide and conservationist from Quảng Bình Province. He is renowned as the first to discover the largest-known cave on Earth, Sơn Đoòng .
A Đông Sơn drum ( Vietnamese: Trống đồng Đông Sơn, lit. 'Bronze drum of Đông Sơn'; also called Heger Type I drum) [1] is a type of ancient bronze drum created by the Đông Sơn culture that existed in the Red River Delta. The drums were produced from about 600 BCE or earlier until the third century CE; they are one of the culture ...
Vietnam. Ha Long Bay lies in northeastern Vietnam (Getty Images) ... Other natural attractions include the caves of Phong Nha and Hang Son Doong, the Marble Mountains and the sand dunes at Mui Ne.