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{{Short description|Limestone cave in Western Iran}}
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[[File:Paraw.jpg|thumb|Parau Mountain in north of Kermanshah]]
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'''Ghar Parau''' is a cave in the [[Zargros Mountains]], north of [[Kermanshah]] in Western [[Iran]].
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[[File:ParauCavemap.jpg|thumb|Map of Parau Cave]]
| location = [[Zagros Mountains]], Iran
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| discovery = 1971
| geology = [[Limestone]]
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| difficulty = High
| hazards = Vertical [[pitch (vertical space)|pitch]]
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'''Porow Cave''' is a [[limestone]] cave in the [[Zagros Mountains]], north of [[Kermanshah]] in Western [[Iran]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Russian Iran-Ghar Parau Expedition 2006|url=http://www.caving-in-iran.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=167&lang=en|publisher=Caving in Iran|access-date=17 April 2011|date=14 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106011949/http://www.caving-in-iran.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=167&lang=en|archive-date=6 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> At 751 m deep, it is the deepest cave in Iran.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.iran-daily.com/News/13568.html|title=Iran's second-deepest cave discovered|website=www.iran-daily.com|access-date=2017-03-12}}</ref> [[Joujar Cave]] has been reported as the second deepest, at 568 m deep.<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Paraw-British.jpg|thumb|left|British team while exploring the cave]]


==History==
[[File:Khalil abd Nokoei.jpg|thumb|A group of Iranian cave divers in Parau cave while taking the body of Khalil Abd Nokkei who was killed in the cave]]
A British-led [[caving]] expedition to the [[Zagros Mountains]] in 1971 led to the discovery of the cave.<ref name="readersnatural" /> The cave was explored to a depth of 742 m when the expedition was forced to return to the surface.<ref name="readersnatural" /> The explorers believed that the cave might go on much further, possibly surpassing the [[La Verna cave|Gouffre de la Pierre-Saint-Martin]] system, which at that time was the world's deepest known cave.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mountain.ru/article/article_display1.php?article_id=1663|title=Ghar Parau: past and present / English. Adventure / Mountain.RU|website=www.mountain.ru|access-date=2017-03-12}}</ref>


The team returned the following year and passed their previous limit, but to their great disappointment, the cave [[Sump|sumped]] almost immediately at a depth of 751 m and could be explored no further.<ref name="readersnatural" /> To be "Ghar Paraued" became a term used in British caving for a small, disappointing breakthrough following the great effort to discover new passage.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}}
[[File:Laila esfandiari.JPG|thumb|left| A cave diver before diving to Parau Cave]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
*David JUDSON, 1973, Ghar Parau, Cassell, London, UK, viii+216pp

*Simon Brooks, 2007, The Russian Iran-Ghar Parau Expedition 2006, caving in Iran


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.mountain.ru/article/article_display1.php?article_id=1663 Ghar Parau: past and present]
* [http://www.mountain.ru/article/article_display1.php?article_id=1663 Ghar Parau: past and present]
*[http://www.caving-in-iran.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=167&lang=en Caving in Iran]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140106011949/http://www.caving-in-iran.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=167&lang=en Caving in Iran]

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[[Category:Caves of Iran]]
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Latest revision as of 13:10, 8 March 2023

Porow Cave
LocationZagros Mountains, Iran
Depth751 m (2,464 ft) [1]
Length1.36 km (0.85 mi)[1]
Discovery1971
GeologyLimestone
DifficultyHigh
HazardsVertical pitch

Porow Cave is a limestone cave in the Zagros Mountains, north of Kermanshah in Western Iran.[2] At 751 m deep, it is the deepest cave in Iran.[3] Joujar Cave has been reported as the second deepest, at 568 m deep.[3]

History

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A British-led caving expedition to the Zagros Mountains in 1971 led to the discovery of the cave.[1] The cave was explored to a depth of 742 m when the expedition was forced to return to the surface.[1] The explorers believed that the cave might go on much further, possibly surpassing the Gouffre de la Pierre-Saint-Martin system, which at that time was the world's deepest known cave.[4]

The team returned the following year and passed their previous limit, but to their great disappointment, the cave sumped almost immediately at a depth of 751 m and could be explored no further.[1] To be "Ghar Paraued" became a term used in British caving for a small, disappointing breakthrough following the great effort to discover new passage.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Scheffel, Richard L.; Wernet, Susan J., eds. (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. p. 158. ISBN 0-89577-087-3.
  2. ^ "The Russian Iran-Ghar Parau Expedition 2006". Caving in Iran. 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Iran's second-deepest cave discovered". www.iran-daily.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  4. ^ "Ghar Parau: past and present / English. Adventure / Mountain.RU". www.mountain.ru. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
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