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The Jamaican Caves Organisation (JCO) is an all-volunteer caving organisation devoted to the preservation, exploration and documentation of caves in Jamaica. It is currently the only non-profit group in Jamaica dedicated to education, research and advocacy about caves.
The Iranian Cave and Speleology Association (ICSA) is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) consisting of cavers and speleologists in Iran who are interested in exploring, surveying, researching and protecting the caves of Iran. The International Speleology Union (UIS) helped with the foundation of the ICSA by training cavers and supporting them.
A cave at Xtabi. Bad Hole Cave – an impressively large rising cave in the Cockpit Country of Jamaica. This is a limestone Karst region that is very rich in caves. [2] Belmont Cave – also known as Drip Cave, it is a white limestone dry cave in the Cockpit Country of Jamaica; Carambie Cave – a large, relatively dry, white limestone cave in ...
There are over 1000 cave systems in the island of Jamaica. [1] Listed here are those for which Wikipedia articles exist. The full list as of 2020 can be found on the Jamaica Caves Organisation website or as of 1997 in the book Jamaica Underground .
Dunn's Hole is a large chamber cave in Trelawny Parish, Jamaica. It consists of a very large chamber approximately 200 metres long, 100 metres wide and 80 metres high, located at the bottom of a 200-metre pit. [1] It is the largest known underground chamber in Jamaica. The main chamber contains a large stalagmite approximately 8 metres high. [1]
Coffee River Cave is a large river cave in Manchester Parish in west-central Jamaica. It is 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) in length and at an elevation of 250 metres (820 ft). It is 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) in length and at an elevation of 250 metres (820 ft).
Gourie Cave is a large river cave in Manchester Parish in west-central Jamaica. At 3505 meters it is the longest cave known in the island. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is susceptible to flooding.
The Green Grotto Caves are show caves and a prominent tourist attraction on the north coast of Jamaica.Named for the green algae that cover its walls, [3] the structure of the cave is strikingly different from inland systems; the cave is a Flank Margin Cave (old mixing chambers at the edge of the fresh water lens with the sea water) with two well-defined levels apparently indicating two ...