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Bell Witch Cave; Blue Spring Cave; Big Bone Cave; Craighead Caverns - also called Lost Sea [1] Cumberland Caverns; Devilstep Hollow Cave; Dunbar Cave; Forbidden Caverns; Hubbard's Cave; Lookout Mountain Caverns; Lost Cove Cave; Nickajack Cave; Raccoon Mountain Caverns; Rumbling Falls Cave; Ruby Falls; Snail Shell Cave; Tuckaleechee Caverns
The organization engages in the research and scientific study, restoration, exploration, and protection of caves. It has more than 10,000 members in more than 250 grottos. [2] Since 1974 there has been a cave diving section of the society. [3] [4]
This group referred to themselves as spelunkers, a term derived [9] from the Latin spēlunca ("cave, cavern, den"). [10] This is regarded as the first use of the word in the Americas. Throughout the 1950s, spelunking was the general term used for exploring caves in US English. It was used freely, without any positive or negative connotations ...
Crystal Cave is a Greene County historic site at 7126 N. Crystal Cave Ln. in Springfield. It was first opened to the public in 1893. After 10 years, Crystal Cave reopens with spelunking tours ...
The cave's popularity had caused excessive smoothing of the rock inside the cave to the point it was predicted a fatality would occur in one of the cave's more prominent features, a 45-degree room called "The Big Slide". A gate was installed on May 24, 2006, and the cave was temporarily closed. In early 2009, proper management was established ...
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.
The caves found here were created by flows of smooth lava 10,500 to 65,000 years ago. [1] J. D. Howard was the first to record notes on exploration of the underground passages. He named it after catacombs as the many side passages reminded him of the burial places of ancient Rome. [2]
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