Uamh An Claonaite

Infobox Cave
name = Uamh An Claonaite
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location = Assynt
length = 2.5km [ [http://www.ukcaves.co.uk/tables.php?length_depth=length&allorany=exact&searchstring=Uamh+An+Claonaite Search results for Uamh An Claonaite ] ]
depth = 89m [ [http://www.ukcaves.co.uk/tables.php?length_depth=length&allorany=exact&searchstring=Uamh+An+Claonaite Search results for Uamh An Claonaite ] ]
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survey = http://www.darkanddeep.co.uk/caving_ani.asp
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translation = Cave of the sloping rock
language = Scottish Gaelic

Uamh An Claonaite is the longest cave in Scotland. [ [http://www.darkanddeep.co.uk/caving_scotland.asp Peter Glanvill - Photography, Caving, Diving ] ] It consists of a series of dry passages and a series of at least six sumps which have been dived over the years [ [http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/~arb/gsg/discoveries.html ANUS Cave ] ] .

There is currently an attempt by members of the [http://www.gsg.org.uk Grampian Speleological Group ] to excavate a nearby sinkhole, "Rana Hole", and connect into the final chambers from above [ [http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=3898.msg53924 New digs in Assynt ] ] .

The length of the cave is 2.7km and the vertical range is 110m

References

http://www.ukcaves.co.uk/cave-claonaite

External links

* http://www.wirralcavinggroup.uk.eu.org/trips/uac.html
* http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/arb/scotland/assynt.html
* http://www.darkanddeep.co.uk/caving_scotland.asp