2022

20th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology

Dak Nong UNESCO Global Geopark in Dak Nong Province, Vietnam

End of September to early October, 2022

Presentations - over a period of 1 to 3 days in provincial facilities at Gia Nghia (the provincial capital).
Excursions - to caves and sites of scientific, scenic or cultural interest. If the number of participants is large, the group may be split into 2 or 3 smaller groups. Possible evening activities include a party, a fireworks display and an ethnic cultural show. All these activities would be in the Dray Sap Special-Use Forest.
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PAST EVENTS

2012

Fourth Argentine Congress of Speleology

and

First Latin American Congress of Speleology

Malargue Mendoza Argentina

April 1-8, 2012

Go to www.fade.org.ar

4th International Anchialine Ecosystems Symposium

Lanzarote, Canary Islands

October 1 - 7, 2018

Go to www.4isae.es

Anchialine refers to seawater flooded caves and groundwater along the coastlines of both volcanic as well as limestone terrain. The island of Spanish island of Lanzarote in the eastern Atlantic contains spectacular volcanic lava tubes on land as well as beneath the sea floor. The Atlantida tunnel cave is the world’s longest submarine lava tube and has been explored by cave divers for 1.6 km.

Guide to the anchialine ecosystems of Jameos del Agua and Túnel de la Atlántida

Guía interpretativa de los ecosistemas anquialinos de Los Jameos del Agua y Túnel de la Atlántida

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF SPELEOLOGY

UNION INTERNATIONALE DE SPÉLÉOLOGIE