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The ground above Kilu Cave (Sentinel-2)

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Cave

Kilu Cave

29 °C inside, all year.

See the descentHow to visit

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

The descent

The entrance, at 0 m.

The real relief above Kilu Cave, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.

depth not publishedEntrance84 m1.0 kmvertical × 19.3depth not publishedEntrance84 m1.0 kmvertical × 41.7

The depth is the one published by those who explored it; the shape of the galleries is a sketch, not a survey. No depth has been published for this cave yet.

0m

Entrance altitude

from the 30 m relief model

29°C

Inside, all year

the yearly average outside, at the entrance

78m

Rock above

the highest point within 1.5 km

Inside and outside

29 °C inside, all year.

Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 29 °C here, in January and in August. The best months to escape the heat are all year round.

outside, at the entrance (0 m)inside
  1. 29°28°Jan
  2. 29°28°Feb
  3. 29°28°Mar
  4. 29°28°Apr
  5. 29°28°May
  6. 29°28°Jun
  7. 29°28°Jul
  8. 29°28°Aug
  9. 29°28°Sep
  10. 29°28°Oct
  11. 29°28°Nov
  12. 29°28°Dec
Inside: 29 °C all yearEscape the heat: Jan–Dec

Outside: afternoon and night averages for 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the entrance. Inside: the yearly average, which deep parts of a cave keep. Near the entrance it follows the weather a little.

Anthropological site in Papua New Guinea

Kilu Cave is a cave in Papua New Guinea. The entrance is at 0 m.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there.

  • Wild cave: only with caving equipmentNo paths or lights inside. Go only with a caving club or a qualified guide.
  • Bukanearest town · 11 km in a straight line
  • Buka Airport (BUA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 10 km in a straight line

Plan the visit

Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above.

The ground above the cave, with the relief shaded, the line of the section and what people have mapped around the entrance.

The ground above Kilu Cave (Sentinel-2) N 1.5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6.0 × 6.0 km, north up. The line is the section above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the entrance.

  • 1hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmUC Centre
  • other cave entrances within 3 km
  • springs within 2 km
  • sinkholes within 3 km
  • caving clubs and spots within 15 km
  • viewpoints within 3 km
  • marked hiking routes within 3 km
  • climbing crags within 3 km
  • named waterfalls within 4 km
  • car parks within 2 km
  • information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
  • bus stops within 2 km
  • campsites within 8 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the entrance. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

  • Buka11 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Kilu Cave.

The river at the entrance, the waterfalls, the lakes, the mountains and volcanoes above, the canyons, beaches and islands nearby — from our other atlases.

Islandyason an island
Buka Island682 km²

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather outside, at the entrance.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon292929292929292929292929
Afternoon292929292929292929292929
Night282828282828282828282828
Rain (mm)272263250250272313341300258253222212
Rainy days282729282928302826282728
Sun hours/day5.75.35.85.96.05.65.25.55.96.36.56.0
AfternoonAfternoonNightRain (mm)Sun hours/day
Jan2929282725.7
Feb2929282635.3
Mar2929282505.8
Apr2929282505.9
May2929282726.0
Jun2929283135.6
Jul2929283415.2
Aug2929283005.5
Sep2929282585.9
Oct2929282536.3
Nov2929282226.5
Dec2929282126.0

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (0 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020125%147%126%152%351%245%93%118%89%187%110%122%
202172%121%111%140%168%53%72%103%127%104%141%139%
2022113%118%78%104%81%48%41%89%71%40%85%108%
202366%116%124%69%106%111%174%147%129%109%92%101%
2024123%134%128%138%153%98%125%107%127%102%115%96%
202548%76%100%107%75%147%80%97%124%88%146%108%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length, visitorsWikidata (Q28225102) · CC0
The relief above, the entrance altitude, the section and the 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Entrances, springs, sinkholes, opening hours and what is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, lakes, mountains, canyons, beaches and islands nearbyCoastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, month by month, in seven languages.

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