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Mapping efforts in the same areaof West Virginia have also sent severalcaves climbing up the charts.The Hole, in a remapping project byWVACS and Pittsburgh cavers, topped33.6 kilometers in March, with a lotof passage remaining. CulversonCreek Cave, also being resurveyed byWVACS, now stands at 22.7 kilometers.In McClung's Cave, a new entrancehas stimulated mapping activities,bringing the length up to around 24kilometers. The Friar's Hole Systemsurvey coordinated by Dug Medvillestood at 45.8 kilometers in earlyJuly. Current projects include excavatingnew entrances.(Sources: Bill Falvour,Dug Medville,NSS NEWSJewel Cave, the South Dakotamaze cave explored primarily by Janand Herb Conn, recently passed 100kilometers in length. Thus thereare now five caves in the world over100 kilometers long.(Source: NSSNEWS)In California, the Bigfoot Cavesurvey totaled up to 11,651 metersat the end of the 1978 season. Thispushed it past Lilburn's Cave, formany years California's longest.(Source: NSSNEWS)The World's 1000 meter systems1. Complexe de la Pierre Sainte-Martin, France2. Systeme Jean Bernard, France3. Gouffre Berger, France4. Schneeloch, Austria5. Sirna GESM, Spain6. Lamprechtsofen, Austria133212981148108610741024Note:The depth of Austria's Hochlecken-Grosshohle, previously listed asbeing 1022 meters, has now been adjusted to 890 meters.(Source: Paul Courbon)5