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Majlis al Jinn

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Majlis al Jinn, also Majlis al-Jinn (Arabic: مجلس الجن‎, meeting/gathering place of the Jinn, local name: Khoshilat Maqandeli) is the second-largest known cave chamber in the world, as measured by the surface area of the floor. It ranks lower when measured by volume. The cave is located in a remote area of the Selma Plateau at 1,380 metres above sea level in the Sultanate of Oman, 100 km south-east from Muscat. Source Wikipedia

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Protected area. A permit is obligatory.

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Maybe the longest roof of the world. Inside of a cave.

FA: Jakob Oberhauser, Read McAdam & Alexander Huber, Dec 2019

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Author(s): Jakob Oberhauser

Date: 2014

ISBN: 9783956110191

This is a comprehensive guidebook describing the sport climbing, via ferrata, Deep Water Soloing (DWS) and multi-pitch rock climbing in Oman.

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