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Deepest caves

Show longest caves.

Rank	Cave Name	Length (km)	Vertical Range (m)	Region	Type	More Info
1	Lancaster - Easegill - Pipikin - Lost Johns	75	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	11.5	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	Large/Rift Pot	4.17	122	Northern Dales	All cave
23	Crescent Pot	1.146	122	Northern Dales	All cave
24	Foul Pot	< 1	120	Northern Dales	All cave
25	Redmire Pot	1.6	117	Northern Dales	All cave
26	Lancliffe Pot	9.6	116	Northern Dales	All cave
27	Spectacle Pot - Vesper Pot	< 1	114	Northern Dales	All cave
28	Long Kin East - Rift Pot	1.5	113	Northern Dales	All cave
29	Nick Pot	< 1	113	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
30	Washfold Pot	< 1	112	Northern Dales	All cave
31	Growling Hole	< 1	111	Northern Dales	All cave
32	Little Hull Pot	1.097	110	Northern Dales	All cave
33	Hurnel Moss Pot	< 1	110	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
34	Newby Moss Cave	< 1	110	Northern Dales	All cave
35	Borrins Moor Cave	1.433	108	Northern Dales	All cave
36	Marble Sink	< 1	108	Northern Dales	All cave
37	Hangman's Hole	< 1	106	Northern Dales	All cave
38	Strans Gill Pot	< 1	105	Northern Dales	All cave
39	Car Pot	< 1	104	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
40	Pasture Gill Pot	< 1	104	Northern Dales	All cave
41	Marble Pot	< 1	103	Northern Dales	All cave
42	Sell Gill Holes	< 1	101	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
43	P5	< 1	99	Northern Dales	All cave
44	Knacker Trapper Hole	< 1	98	Northern Dales	All cave
45	Newby Moss Pot	< 1	96	Northern Dales	All cave
46	Long Drop - Death's Head - Big Meanie	1	92	Northern Dales	All cave
47	Magnetometer Pot	4.6	91	Northern Dales	All cave
48	Lizard Pot	< 1	91	Northern Dales	All cave
49	Langstroth Pot	1.1	90	Northern Dales	All cave
50	Hammer Pot	1.036	90	Northern Dales	All cave
51	Jean Pot	< 1	90	Northern Dales	All cave
52	Grange Rigg Pot	< 1	87	Northern Dales	All cave
53	Sunset Hole	< 1	86	Northern Dales	All cave
54	Coronation Pot	< 1	83	Northern Dales	All cave
55	Low Douk Cave	< 1	82	Northern Dales	All cave
56	The Mohole	< 1	82	Northern Dales	All cave
57	Brackenbottom Pot	< 1	80	Northern Dales	All cave
58	Bull Pot	< 1	79	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
59	Sleets Gill Cave	2.4	76	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
60	Chanterelle Pot	< 1	76	Northern Dales	All cave
61	Craftman's Pot	< 1	76	Northern Dales	All cave
62	Kuling Hole	< 1	76	Northern Dales	All cave
63	Scars Hole	< 1	75	Northern Dales	All cave
64	Darnbrook Pot	< 1	71	Northern Dales	All cave
65	Penyghent Long Churn	< 1	69	Northern Dales	All cave
66	Haytime Hole	< 1	68	Northern Dales	All cave
67	Jingling Pot	< 1	67	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
68	Out Sleets Beck Pot	< 1	67	Northern Dales	All cave
69	Snatcher Pot	< 1	66	Northern Dales	All cave
70	Hurtle Pot - Jingle Pot System	2.37	64	Northern Dales	All cave
71	Catamite Hole	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
72	High Hull Pot	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
73	Hunt Pot	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
74	Slanting Cave	< 1	64	Northern Dales	All cave
75	Hardrawkin Pot	< 1	61	Northern Dales	All cave
76	Hull Pot	< 1	61	Northern Dales	All cave
77	Mossdale Caverns	10.5	60	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
78	Lord's Top Dig	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave
79	Rough Pot	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave	Short description
80	The Churns	< 1	60	Northern Dales	All cave
81	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.