Abrakurrie Cave

Abrakurrie Cave
LocationNullarbor Plain, Western Australia
Coordinates31°39′26″S 128°29′23″E / 31.6572°S 128.4898°E / -31.6572; 128.4898
Depth-70m
Length300+m
Discoverybef. 1930s
GeologyKarst
Difficultyeasy

Abrakurrie Cave is a wild cave on the Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia. It is located about 48 kilometres (30 mi) north west of Eucla[1] and is reported to have the largest single cave chamber in the southern hemisphere.[2] The stencils in the cave are the deepest penetration of Aboriginal art of any cave system in Australia.[3]

  1. ^ "Abrakurrie Cave". 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. ^ "South Australia: Whales & Wildcaves". Diverse Travel Australia. Archived from the original on 17 July 2005. Retrieved 4 January 2006.
  3. ^ "Abstracts of Papers, Reviews and Abstracts published in Volume 1 (1962) to Volume 9 (1971) of Helictite – Journal of Australasian Speleological Research". Helictite – Journal of Australasian Speleological Research. Archived from the original on 21 July 2005. Retrieved 4 January 2006.