[Nmcaver] New Discoveries in UK and Australia

[Ioannis Zenas]

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The 4th longest underwater cave in Australia discovered. 
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Description: 7 Nov. 2006. 

Hi There Fellow Explorers! 

Cave Divers Alan Polini and Paul Hosie have just returned from a one week
expedition to the Nullarbor Plain exploring and surveying the magnificent
Burnabbie Cave. It is not unusual that the cave was extended by 500m and now
has over 2,750m (9,000ft) of surveyed passages with a number of
leadscontinuing. This makes it the fourth longest underwater cave in
Australia so far discovered. What did make this effort unusual was the use
of off mounted closed circuit rebreathers to make the 950m (3,000ft)
penetration through tenrestrictions to the point where exploration of the
cave was progressed using traditional side-mounted open circuit scuba
equipment. Most dives conducted were between 3 and 4 hours duration. 

Details of the dives, equipment used and an updated map of the cave will be
presented at the upcoming Australian Speleological Federation Conference at
Mount Gambier in January 2007. 

Kind Regards, 
Paul Hosie 

Source: Paul Hosie via OZCavers mailing list.

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United Kingdoms Largest Cave Discovered.

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Description: 7 Nov. 2006.

 

Potholers have discovered the UK's biggest cave beneath a hillside in the
Derbyshire Peak District. 

Titan is estimated to be about 459ft (140m) from floor to ceiling - as high
as the London Eye. 

Dave Nixon, a local potholer and leading underground explorer, discovered
the cave after finding an account by an obscure 18th century academic in a
university library. 

 

Source & more details:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=
414828
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id
=414828&in_page_id=1770> &in_page_id=1770

 

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