Caves · Scottish Islands
Calder's Geo
Calder's Geo in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
About
Calder's Geo is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Calders Geo is an inlet in the western cliffs of Esha Ness in Northmavine on the Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. A cave on the north side of the geo has been measured at more than one and a half times the size of "The Frozen Deep", a chamber in Reservoir Hole under Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, potentially making it the largest natural chamber in Britain. Geologist Jonathan Swale used a laser range-finder to measure the interior of the cave, which is only accessible during calm seas. He claims that the structure is over 20 metres (66 ft) tall and has a floor area of around 5,600 square metres (60,000 sq ft). Esha Ness Lighthouse adjacent to the north of the geo was designed by David Alan Stevenson and commissioned in 1929.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 60.4909, -1.6246
Sources
- wikidata: Q17986213 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Calder's Geo (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Calder's Geo?
- Calder's Geo is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 60.4909°, -1.6246°.