Bulmer Cavern
Cave in New Zealand
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Bulmer Cavern is New Zealand's longest cave system, running for 74.3 km (46.2 mi)[1] through Mount Owen in the Tasman region of the northwest South Island.[2] John Patterson discovered the cave on New Year's Day 1984, by dropping a rock down and counting the seconds until it reached the bottom.
Bulmer Cavern was the location of a major cave rescue effort in 1998, when it took 80 cavers several days to extract another caver who had fallen and broken his jaw deep in the cavern.[3]
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- Caving areas in New Zealand
41°33′30″S 172°31′08″E / 41.5583°S 172.5188°E / -41.5583; 172.5188
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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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