Stormy Pot

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Stormy Pot is a cave system in New Zealand thathas been known since 2011, which at the beginning of 2014 presented itself as acave systemconnected with the Nettlebed Cave and since then has been considered the deepest cave system in New Zealand and the southern hemisphere with a depth of 1,174 m.

Naming

The cave got its name when cave explorers went into a small protective cave during a storm, which then turned out to be a 2.5 km long and 470 m deep cave system on an initial inspection.

geography

Stormy Pot is located in the Kahurangi National Park on the east side of the Arthur Range around 2 km north of Mount Arthur and around 50 km east of Nelson in the north of the South Island . The cave system runs in a north-easterly direction below the Arthur Range .

History of exploration

In January 2011, some cave explorers under the direction of Kieran Mckay found a cave by chance, which was initially intended to protect them from a storm, but which turned out to be a ramified cave system on an initial inspection. They measured the cave with a length of 2.5 km and a depth of 470 m. After further research in the following months, it was about 10 km long. In early 2012, a group of 15 researchers descended up to 700 m deep and 14 km into the cave system and, according to calculations, found access to the cave system of the Nettlebed Cave, which has been known since 1969 .

In early 2014, a four-person team led by Kieran Mckay re- explored the system and finally found clear confirmation that the Stormy Pot cave system and the Nettlebed Cave are a coherent system, and with a depth of 1174 m and 38.252 km in length, not just that is New Zealand's deepest cave system, but is now considered the deepest in the southern hemisphere .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Longest and Deepest . New Zealand Speleological Society , accessed May 16, 2019 .
  2. ^ A b Steve Deane : Cavers discover our deepest secret . In: New Zealand Herald . NZME. Publishing , February 1, 2014, accessed May 25, 2014 .
  3. ^ Into the Stormy Pot . NZEdge , February 17, 2011, accessed on May 25, 2014 (English).
  4. ↑ Topic: New Zealand again . ukCarving.com , February 14, 2014, accessed on May 25, 2014 (English, various map displays in the blog).
  5. ↑ a b NZ’s deepest cave found near Nelson . Nelson Weekly , February 4, 2014, accessed May 25, 2014 .
  6. ^ New Zealand's Stormy Pot Close to Connection with Nettlebed Cave System . Caving News , March 3, 2014, accessed May 25, 2014 .

Coordinates: 41 ° 11 ′ 10 ″  S , 172 ° 41 ′ 10 ″  O