Ellis Basin cave system
Cave in New Zealand
41°13′55″S 172°41′06″E / 41.232°S 172.685°E / -41.232; 172.685
The Ellis Basin cave system is a group of interconnecting limestone caves located in the Mount Arthur region of the northwest South Island of New Zealand.
The Ellis Basin cave system was first explored by cavers in the 1960s. In April 2010, the cave system was found to be deeper than the nearby Nettlebed Cave, making it the deepest known cave in the Southern hemisphere.[1] It has been explored to a depth of 1,024 m (3,360 ft), and its 33.4 km (20.8 mi) of cave passages make it New Zealand's second longest.[2]
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- Caving areas in New Zealand
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Kahurangi National Park
- Mount Arthur
- Mount Burnett
- Mount Owen
- Glasgow Range
- Wharepapa / Arthur Range
- Granity Pass
- Bulmer Cavern
- Ellis Basin cave system
- Honeycomb Hill Cave
- Ōpārara Basin Arches
- Nettlebed Cave
- Kahurangi Point
- Scotts Beach
- Boulder Lake
- Lake Sparrow
- Big Rimu Walk
- Fenian Track
- Heaphy Track
- Old Ghost Road
- Wangapeka Track
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