Gunung Mulu National Park near Miri, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that encompasses caves and karst formations in a mountainous equatorial rainforest
setting. The park is famous for its caves and the expeditions that have
been mounted to explore them and their surrounding rainforest, most
notably the Royal Geographical Society
Expedition of 1977–1978, which saw over 100 scientists in the field for
15 months. This initiated a series of over 20 expeditions now drawn
together as the Mulu Caves Project.
The national park is named after Mount Mulu, the second highest mountain in Sarawak.
Sarawak Chamber is the largest known cave chamber in the world by area and the second largest by volume after the Miao Room in China. It is in Gua Nasib Bagus (Good Luck Cave), which is located in Gunung Mulu National Park, in the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo.
Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO WHS: 2000
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