NZ Cavers Discover 1km Deep Cave

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NZ Cavers Discover 1km Deep Cave
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4/13/2010
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New Zealand cavers have marked history by discovering a 1km deep cave in a mountain west of Nelson, which has been recognized as the deepest in the country, so far.

The discovery has been made by a team of three cavers, Kieran McKay, Aaron Gillespie and Troy Watson, who traced a link between two already identified caves in the Ellis Basin, on Mt Arthur in Kahurangi National Park.

The new cave discovery stretched from 775m to 1026m entering the list of top 80 deepest caves across the world.

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Historic discovery by NZ cavers
By ANDREW BOARD - The Nelson Mail
13/04/2010


DARK DEPTHS: Cavers Kieran McKay, left, Aaron Gillespie and Troy Watson
in the Ellis system on Mt Arthur, now the deepest in New Zealand and the
first to reach a kilometre in depth.

The discovery of the country's first kilometre-deep cave, south of Nelson, has been hailed as the biggest piece of news in the history of New Zealand caving.

The team of three cavers has made the connection between two known caves in the Ellis Basin, on Mt Arthur. Its discovery gives New Zealand its first recorded cave deeper than 1000 metres and could rocket it into the top 10 of deepest caves in the world, said expedition leader Kieran McKay, of Waitomo.

"It's a huge discovery, the biggest piece of news in the New Zealand caving scene, ever. It has sparked a lot of interest internationally as well, cavers that had dismissed New Zealand for deep caves are already talking about coming out here," he said.

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