Dragon breath hole
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 Drawing of the cave / lake (1986) |
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| Location: | Otavi Mountains near Grootfontein , Namibia | |
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Geographic location: |
19 ° 28 ′ 5 ″ S , 17 ° 47 ′ 8 ″ E | |
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| Discovery: | 1986 | |
| Show cave since: | circa 1990 | |
| Particularities: | world's largest underground lake | |
The Drachenhauchloch ( English Dragon's Breath Hole ) is a cave in Namibia .
The cave in the Otavibergen near Grootfontein is home to the largest known underground lake in the world. It was discovered in 1986 on Farm Harasib by the Transvaal Section of the South African Speleological Association and is 66 meters below the surface of the earth, 84 meters deep and covers an area of 2.61 hectares . Not far from the Drachenhauchloch there are other caves.
See also
literature
- Sandy Rudd, John Gibbs: Dragon's Breath Adventure: A Namibian Story . New Namibia Books, Windhoek 2000, ISBN 978-99916-31-06-6 , pp. 21 .