Thien Duong Cave
From Underfoot
Q43171
Thiên Đường Cave is a cave in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, UNESCO's World Heritage Site, 60 km northwest of Đồng Hới city. Thiên Đường Cave is located on an elevation of 350 meters above the sea level, near the west branch of Ho Chi Minh Highway, in Son Trach Commune, Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam. The cave was discovered by a local man in 2005 and the first 5 km of this cave was explored by explorers from British Cave Research Association in 2005, the whole 31 km was explored and publicly announced by the British cave explorers. This cave is 31 km long, longer than Phong Nha Cave which had been considered the longest cave in this national park. The height can reach to 72 m and 150 m wide. The limestone formation is also more spectacular than that of Phong Nha Cave. The British cave explorers were impressed by the beautiful and spectacular stalactites and stalagmites inside this cave and they named it Thiên Đường Cave . In 2012, a new species of troglobiontic scorpion species, Vietbocap thienduongensis was found in here.
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Thiên Đường Cave
Q881, 
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Location: 17.5195, 106.223, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
7 places
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Động Phong Nha ⓘ
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Hang Én (swift cave) ⓘ
En Cave in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam -
Hang Pygmy ⓘ
cave in Phong Nha, Vietnam -
Phong Nha Cave ⓘ
cave in Vietnam -
Son Doong Cave ⓘ
Largest cave passage in the world, located near the Laos-Vietnam border -
Thien Duong Cave ⓘ
cave -
Tú Làn Caves System ⓘ
cave system in Vietnam
Phongnhacave
Phongnha21
Phongnha17
Phongnhakebang14
Phongnhakebang10
Phongnhakebang5
Phongnhakebang15
Phongnhakebang8
Phong Nha-Ke Bang cave3
Paradise cave| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | cave | Động Phong Nha | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Hang Én (swift cave) | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Hang Pygmy | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Phong Nha Cave | show cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Son Doong Cave | show cave, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Thien Duong Cave | show cave, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Tú Làn Caves System | show cave | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Phongnhacave | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Phongnha21 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Phongnha17 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Phongnhakebang14 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Phongnhakebang10 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Phongnhakebang5 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Phongnhakebang15 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Phongnhakebang8 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Phong Nha-Ke Bang cave3 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Paradise cave | Commons | ||
