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Deepest caves

Show longest caves.

Rank	Cave Name	Length (km)	Vertical Range (m)	Region	Type	More Info
1	Lancaster - Easegill - Pippikin - Lost John's	60	211	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
2	Gaping Gill System	16.9	197.5	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
3	Penyghent Pot	5.2	196	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
4	Ireby Fell Cavern - Notts Pot - Large Pot - Rift Pot	23.4	183	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
5	Meregill - Roaring Hole	4.6	181	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
6	Gingling Hole	6.9	177	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
7	Long Kin West	< 1	168	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
8	Kingsdale Master Cave	27	165	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
9	Dale Head Pot	< 1	165	Northern Dales	All cave
10	Black Shiver Pot	< 1	157	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
11	Strangle Pot	< 1	157	Northern Dales	All cave
12	Tatham Wife Hole	1.219	155	Northern Dales	All cave
13	Birks Fell Cave	3.6	142	Northern Dales	All cave
14	Quaking Pot	< 1	142	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
15	Broken Finger Pot	< 1	137	Northern Dales	All cave
16	Trapdoor Pot	< 1	137	Northern Dales	All cave
17	Pillar Holes	< 1	136	Northern Dales	All cave
18	Echo Pot	< 1	134	Northern Dales	All cave
19	Marble Steps Pot	1.273	131	Northern Dales	All cave
20	Alum Pot System	2.454	129	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
21	Juniper Gulf	< 1	128	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
22	Crescent Pot	1.146	122	Northern Dales	All cave
23	Foul Pot	< 1	120	Northern Dales	All cave
24	Redmire Pot	1.6	117	Northern Dales	All cave
25	Lancliffe Pot	9.6	116	Northern Dales	All cave
26	Spectacle Pot - Vesper Pot	< 1	114	Northern Dales	All cave
27	Long Kin East - Rift Pot	1.5	113	Northern Dales	All cave
28	Nick Pot	< 1	113	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
29	Washfold Pot	< 1	112	Northern Dales	All cave
30	Growling Hole	< 1	111	Northern Dales	All cave
31	Little Hull Pot	1.097	110	Northern Dales	All cave
32	Hurnel Moss Pot	< 1	110	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
33	Newby Moss Cave	< 1	110	Northern Dales	All cave
34	Borrins Moor Cave	1.433	108	Northern Dales	All cave
35	Marble Sink	< 1	108	Northern Dales	All cave
36	Hangman's Hole	< 1	106	Northern Dales	All cave
37	Strans Gill Pot	< 1	105	Northern Dales	All cave
38	Car Pot	< 1	104	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
39	Pasture Gill Pot	< 1	104	Northern Dales	All cave
40	Marble Pot	< 1	103	Northern Dales	All cave
41	Sell Gill Holes	< 1	101	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
42	P5	< 1	99	Northern Dales	All cave
43	Knacker Trapper Hole	< 1	98	Northern Dales	All cave
44	Newby Moss Pot	< 1	96	Northern Dales	All cave
45	Long Drop - Death's Head - Big Meanie	1	92	Northern Dales	All cave
46	Magnetometer Pot	4.6	91	Northern Dales	All cave
47	Lizard Pot	< 1	91	Northern Dales	All cave
48	Langstroth Pot	1.1	90	Northern Dales	All cave
49	Hammer Pot	1.036	90	Northern Dales	All cave
50	Jean Pot	< 1	90	Northern Dales	All cave
51	Grange Rigg Pot	< 1	87	Northern Dales	All cave
52	Sunset Hole	< 1	86	Northern Dales	All cave
53	Coronation Pot	< 1	83	Northern Dales	All cave
54	Low Douk Cave	< 1	82	Northern Dales	All cave
55	The Mohole	< 1	82	Northern Dales	All cave
56	Brackenbottom Pot	< 1	80	Northern Dales	All cave
57	Bull Pot	< 1	79	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
58	Sleets Gill Cave	2.4	76	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
59	Chanterelle Pot	< 1	76	Northern Dales	All cave
60	Craftman's Pot	< 1	76	Northern Dales	All cave
61	Kuling Hole	< 1	76	Northern Dales	All cave
62	Scars Hole	< 1	75	Northern Dales	All cave
63	Darnbrook Pot	< 1	71	Northern Dales	All cave
64	Penyghent Long Churn	< 1	69	Northern Dales	All cave
65	Haytime Hole	< 1	68	Northern Dales	All cave
66	Jingling Pot	< 1	67	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
67	Out Sleets Beck Pot	< 1	67	Northern Dales	All cave
68	Snatcher Pot	< 1	66	Northern Dales	All cave
69	Hurtle Pot - Jingle Pot System	2.37	64	Northern Dales	All cave
70	Catamite Hole	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
71	High Hull Pot	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
72	Hunt Pot	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
73	Slanting Cave	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
74	Hardrawkin Pot	< 1	61	Northern Dales	All cave
75	Hull Pot	< 1	61	Northern Dales	All cave
76	Mossdale Caverns	10.5	60	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
77	Lord's Top Dig	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave
78	Rough Pot	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
79	The Churns	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave
80	Upper Hesleden Cave 2	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave

If you don't see the cave you want, but you know it should be in the Northern Dales section, remember that this list only shows caves with at least 60 m depth of natural passage. Other caves may show up in the list of longest caves in Northern Dales.

However, if you are looking for a specific cave that does have at least 60 m depth of natural passage, and should be listed here, please let me know about it so I can update the database.