Son Doong Cave

E541852

limestone cave show cave

Son Doong Cave is a vast limestone cave in central Vietnam renowned as the largest known cave passage in the world, featuring its own jungle, river, and unique underground ecosystem.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Son Doong Cave canonical	1
Son Doong Cave (via Phong Nha–Ke Bang)	1
Sơn Đoòng Cave	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5690078 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Son Doong Cave
Context triple: [Quang Binh Province, contains, Son Doong Cave]

A. Hongya Cave
Hongya Cave is a famous stilt-house complex and riverside nightlife district in Chongqing known for its traditional-style architecture, food streets, and dramatic night views.
B. Binbash-Koba Cave
Binbash-Koba Cave is a notable karst cave located in the Chatyr-Dag mountain massif of Crimea, known for its geological formations and speleological interest.
C. Ogtong Cave
Ogtong Cave is a small natural cave with a clear, spring-fed underground pool popular for swimming and sightseeing on Bantayan Island in the Philippines.
D. Zhijin Cave
Zhijin Cave is a vast and spectacular karst limestone cavern in China renowned for its impressive stalactite and stalagmite formations and underground landscapes.
E. Jenolan Caves
Jenolan Caves is a famous limestone cave system in New South Wales, Australia, renowned for its extensive underground formations and status as one of the world’s oldest cave networks open to the public.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Son Doong Cave
Target entity description: Son Doong Cave is a vast limestone cave in central Vietnam renowned as the largest known cave passage in the world, featuring its own jungle, river, and unique underground ecosystem.

A. Hongya Cave
Hongya Cave is a famous stilt-house complex and riverside nightlife district in Chongqing known for its traditional-style architecture, food streets, and dramatic night views.
B. Binbash-Koba Cave
Binbash-Koba Cave is a notable karst cave located in the Chatyr-Dag mountain massif of Crimea, known for its geological formations and speleological interest.
C. Ogtong Cave
Ogtong Cave is a small natural cave with a clear, spring-fed underground pool popular for swimming and sightseeing on Bantayan Island in the Philippines.
D. Zhijin Cave
Zhijin Cave is a vast and spectacular karst limestone cavern in China renowned for its impressive stalactite and stalagmite formations and underground landscapes.
E. Jenolan Caves
Jenolan Caves is a famous limestone cave system in New South Wales, Australia, renowned for its extensive underground formations and status as one of the world’s oldest cave networks open to the public.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	limestone cave ⓘ show cave ⓘ
age	several million years ⓘ
approximateHeight	up to about 200 meters ⓘ
approximateLength	about 9 kilometers ⓘ
approximateWidth	up to about 150 meters ⓘ
bestVisitingSeason	February to August ⓘ
climate	tropical monsoon region ⓘ
country	Vietnam ⓘ linked to: Viet Nam
discoveredBy	Ho Khanh ⓘ
discoveryYear	1991 ⓘ
entranceType	sinkhole entrance ⓘ
firstSurveyYear	2009 ⓘ
formedBy	underground river erosion ⓘ
geologicalFormation	karst ⓘ
has	multiple large chambers ⓘ
hasEcosystem	unique cave-adapted fauna ⓘ unique cave-adapted flora ⓘ
hasFeature	cave pearls ⓘ cloud formations inside the cave ⓘ large dolines ⓘ sinkholes ⓘ stalactites ⓘ stalagmites ⓘ underground jungle ⓘ underground river ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the largest known cave passages in the world ⓘ massive cave chambers ⓘ subterranean river ⓘ underground jungle ⓘ unique underground ecosystem ⓘ
locatedIn	Bo Trach District ⓘ Central Vietnam ⓘ Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park ⓘ linked to: Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park Quang Binh Province ⓘ
mainTourOperator	Oxalis Adventure ⓘ
maximumChamberVolume	over 38 million cubic meters ⓘ
near	Phong Nha town ⓘ
nearestAirport	Dong Hoi Airport ⓘ
partOf	Annamite Range ⓘ
protectedBy	Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park management ⓘ
requires	caving equipment ⓘ multi-day trekking expedition ⓘ
rockType	limestone ⓘ
surveyedBy	British Cave Research Association ⓘ
tourismAccess	guided tours only ⓘ limited permits per year ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	within a UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quang Binh Province → contains → Son Doong Cave ⓘ

Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park → contains → Sơn Đoòng Cave ⓘ

linked to: Son Doong Cave

Dong Hoi City → hasNearbyAttraction → Son Doong Cave (via Phong Nha–Ke Bang) ⓘ