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255:(98 ft) where a small stream enters from an inlet passage. Downstream a succession of climbs and a 14-metre (46 ft) pitch reach the main pitch of 77 metres (253 ft). South-East Passage in Gaping Gill may be stepped into at the −38 metres (−125 ft) level, but the shaft continues in two stages as South-East Pot to a 29-metre (95 ft) deep pool. This is a window into a large underwater passage, and dye tests have shown that the water from Gaping Gill Main Chamber and from
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cave system located about 300 metres (330 yd) south of Gaping Gill Main Shaft. It was the first alternative entrance into the main system to be explored, and it is now a popular entrance into the system, with a fine 38-metre (125 ft) pitch landing in Gaping Gill's South-East
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flow through this passage. Above the final shaft there is a tight passage, Horrocks-Stearn Crawl, which connects to
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