langcliffe
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I see that Malham Cave is now over 10 km long.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-47731943
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-47731943
yuvals said:English name for Malcham cave is ICRC
Malham has taken a 13-year record held since 2006 by the Cave of the Three Nudes, a 6.85km (four miles) salt cave in Iran's Qeshm Island, the researchers added.
langcliffe said:so I thought it was a good opportunity to wind up Pitlamp.
The Times of Israel describes it as a "hollow" victory (& the previous holder as aka the cave of three naked men). Malcham is actually the Hebrew acronym for Cave Research Club:Subpopulus Hibernia said:Jesus. The Iranians really won't like that. I'd say they they'll be pretty salty about it.
mikem said:Malcham is actually the Hebrew acronym for Cave Research Club:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-hollow-victory-israel-claims-title-of-worlds-largest-salt-cave-from-iran/
mikem said:Name seems not to have been BBC mistake, but Israeli reports say Mount Sedom:
https://www.icec.club
But malcham does appear to be a better transliteration of Hebrew for salt.