Sarawak Chamber

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Sarawak Chamber is one of the world’s largest known underground cave chambers, renowned for its immense size and located within Malaysia’s Gunung Mulu cave system.

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Sarawak Chamber canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cave chamber ⓘ
natural feature ⓘ
underground chamber ⓘ
access requires caving expertise ⓘ
restricted ⓘ
age Late Cenozoic (approximate) ⓘ
climate equatorial ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
countrySubdivision State of Sarawak ⓘ
linked to: Sarawak
discoveredBy Andy Eavis ⓘ
Dave Checkley ⓘ
Tony White ⓘ
discoveryDate 1981 ⓘ
discoveryExpeditionOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
environment humid tropical rainforest karst ⓘ
geologicalFormation karst ⓘ
geologicalType limestone cave chamber ⓘ
governingBody Sarawak Forestry Corporation ⓘ
hasCaveSystem Lubang Nasib Bagus system ⓘ
height up to about 80 metres ⓘ
knownFor being one of the world’s largest known underground cave chambers ⓘ
immense size ⓘ
length approximately 700 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Borneo ⓘ
Gunung Mulu National Park ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Sarawak ⓘ
locatedInMountain Gunung Api area of Gunung Mulu ⓘ
linked to: Mount Mulu
managementAuthority Gunung Mulu National Park management ⓘ
mapAvailability specialist cave survey maps ⓘ
notableRanking among the largest known cave chambers by area ⓘ
among the largest known cave chambers by volume ⓘ
partOf Gunung Mulu cave system ⓘ
Lubang Nasib Bagus cave ⓘ
protectedArea Gunung Mulu National Park ⓘ
researchInterest karst hydrology ⓘ
speleology ⓘ
safetyConcerns flooding risk ⓘ
rockfall risk ⓘ
surfaceEcosystem tropical rainforest above chamber ⓘ
tourism not part of standard tourist routes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Gunung Mulu National Park ⓘ
volume over 10 million cubic metres ⓘ
width approximately 400 metres ⓘ

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

Gunung Mulu National Park → contains → Sarawak Chamber ⓘ
Sarawak cave systems → contains → Sarawak Chamber ⓘ