Gruta Casa de Pedra, Brazil |
the Gruta Casa de Pedra (House of Rock) in Brazil has an entrance which is 215m high. |
Gua Payau (Deer Cave), Gunung Mulu Park, Sarawak, Malaysia |
Deer Cave has the world's largest cave entrance, 100m wide and 120m high, and the largest single cave passage in the world, also about 120 - 150m wide and high. |
Teng Long Dong, China |
Soaring Dragon Cave has one of the tallest cave entrances, 74m high and 64m wide. |
Gunsight Cave, Carlsbad Caverns, NM, USA. |
The entrance of Gunsight Cave at Carlsbad is 53m high and 38m wide. |
Potpecka Pecina, Yugoslavia |
The entrance is shaped like a huge horseshoe, 50m high, 25m wide in the arch and 16m wide at the base. It is the largest cave entrance in Serbia. |
Grutas de Cacahuamilpa, México |
The cavern mouth measures 21m in height and 42m in width. |
Porth yr Ogof, Wales, Great Britain. |
Porth yr Ogof is the largest cave entrance in Wales and one of the largest anywhere in the United Kingdom. It is nearly 20m wide and some 3m high. |
Smoo Cave, Great Britain. |
Smoo Cave has the largest entrance of any sea cave in the British Isles. The huge entrance, 33m wide and 16m high, leads into the first chamber which is more than 60m long and 40m wide. |
Hidden River Cave, KY, USA. |
Kentucky's largest show cave entrance. |
Peak Cavern, Great Britain. |
The entrance of Peak Cavern (The Devil's Arse), Castleton, Derbyshire, is the largest cave entrance in the British Isles. It is 15m high and 30m wide. |
Green's Cave, MO, USA. |
The cave entrance is 27m high and 27m wide, and said to be the largest cave opening east of the Mississippi. |
Spilia Agia Paraskevi, Crete, Greece. |
The entrance to the cave is a large arch, 27m wide and 10m high. |
Cathedral Caverns, AL, USA. |
Claims to have the widest entrance of any commercial cave in the world, which is 24m high by 37m wide. |