Travellers have yet another reason to visit the amazing state of Meghalaya as the world’s longest sandstone cave, measuring 24,583 m in length, has been discovered here.
Although Meghalaya is already a destination which is famous for its huge network of caves, Krem Puri is an underground cavern, which is as much as 6,000 m longer than the Cueva Del Saman in Edo Zulia, Venezuela, which used to be the longest sandstone cave in the world earlier. Its length is 18,200 m.
The discovery of Krem Puri could act as a beginning to many other cave related findings in Meghalaya in the future. This is more so because the state is home to just 491 km of surveyed caves according to official data, while many more are waiting to be discovered. Figures reveal that there are as many as 1,650 cave locations across the state, out of which more than 1,000 are explored or just partially explored.
Although Meghalaya is already a destination which is famous for its huge network of caves, Krem Puri is an underground cavern, which is as much as 6,000 m longer than the Cueva Del Saman in Edo Zulia, Venezuela, which used to be the longest sandstone cave in the world earlier. Its length is 18,200 m.
The discovery of Krem Puri could act as a beginning to many other cave related findings in Meghalaya in the future. This is more so because the state is home to just 491 km of surveyed caves according to official data, while many more are waiting to be discovered. Figures reveal that there are as many as 1,650 cave locations across the state, out of which more than 1,000 are explored or just partially explored.
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