Deer Cave

For other uses, see Deer Cave (disambiguation).
Deer Cave
Gua Rusa
Deer Cave entrance
Interactive map of Deer Cave
LocationGunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak
Length2,160 m (7,090 ft)
Height variation196.64 m (645.1 ft)
Discovery1961
Entrances1
Accesspublic
Show cave opened1985
FeaturesSecond largest cave passage in the world; largest known before the discovery of Sơn Đoòng in 2009
WebsiteOfficial website

Deer Cave (Malay: Gua Rusa), located near Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, is a show cave attraction of Gunung Mulu National Park. It was surveyed in 1961 by G. E. Wilford of the British Borneo Geological Survey, who predicted that Mulu would yield many more caves in the future. The cave, which is also known as Gua Payau or Gua Rusa by the local Penan and Berawan people, is said to have received its name because of the deer that go there to lick salt-bearing rocks and shelter themselves.

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