{{Short description|Cave in New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} [[Image:Bulmer Cave.jpg|300px|thumb|Bulmer Cave entrance room and the first pit, New Zealand. A caver stands near the right edge of the photo.]] [[Image:Bulmer Cavern main entrance - descending first pitch.jpg|thumb|A caver descends the first pitch inside Bulmer Cavern's main entrance.]] '''Bulmer Cavern''' is New Zealand's longest [[cave]] system, running for {{convert|74.3|km|sp=us|abbr=on|1}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cave statistics |url=http://caves.org.nz/cave-statistics/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116200347/http://caves.org.nz/cave-statistics/ |archive-date=16 January 2024 |access-date=16 January 2024 |website=New Zealand Speleological Society}}</ref> through [[Mount Owen (New Zealand)|Mount Owen]] in the [[Tasman, New Zealand|Tasman]] region of the northwest [[South Island]].<ref>[http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/BushAndMountainRecreation/Caving/3/en Caving in New Zealand] (from [[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]])</ref> John Patterson discovered the cave on New Year's Day 1984, by dropping a rock down and counting the seconds until it reached the bottom.
Bulmer Cavern was the location of a major [[cave rescue]] effort in 1998, when it took 80 cavers several days to extract another caver who had fallen and broken his jaw deep in the cavern.<ref name="EQUIP">[http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/BushAndMountainRecreation/Caving/4/en Caving equipment and culture] from [[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]])</ref>
== See also== * [[List of caves in New Zealand]]
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.caves.org.nz/cave-statistics Caving areas in New Zealand]
{{coord|-41.5583|172.5188|region:NZ-TAS_type:landmark|display=title}} {{Kahurangi National Park}} {{Tasman District}}
[[Category:Caves of the Tasman District]] [[Category:Kahurangi National Park]]
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