Furong Cave (Chinese: 芙蓉洞) is a karst cave located on the banks of the Furong River, 20 km (12 mi) from the seat of Wulong District, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
On June 15, 2001, the Sino-British-American joint expedition team of 19 members stationed at the base camp of Furong Cave scientific research activities.
[5] In the vicinity of the cave spread over a total area of around 20 km2 (7.7 sq mi), there are more than 50 vertical shafts with a depth of over 100 m (330 ft).
including the 920 m (3,020 ft) deep Steam Shaft (汽坑洞), the deepest in Asia.
[6] Formed during the Cambrian/Ordovician Periods some 500 million years ago,[2] the cave features numerous rarely found speleothems including coral and dog-tooth like crystalline calcite flowers as well as a variety of helictites, and crystalline gypsum flowers.