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Taíno pictographs in Cuevas de las Maravillas, the Dominican Republic. The Parque nacional Cueva de las Maravillas (English: Cave of wonders National Park) is a national park located approximately 15 kilometres (9 miles) east from San Pedro de Macorís and 10 kilometres (7 miles) west from La Romana, in the south-eastern part of the Dominican Republic on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
The airport was opened on February 7, 2008. Cueva Las Maravillas Airport has flights to and from other airports in the Dominican Republic, bringing tourists for Cueva de las Maravillas National Park, which features a popular natural cavern complex. The La Romana VOR/DME (Ident: LRN) is located 14.5 nautical miles (26.9 km) east of the airport. [3]
Cueva de las Manos, a cave in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina; Cueva de los Casares, a cave in Guadalajara, Spain; La Cueva del Indio, a cave in Puerto Rico, site of petroglyphs; Cueva de los Verdes, a cave in the Canary Islands; Cuevas de El Castillo or the Cave of El Castillo, an archaeological site within the complex of the Caverns of Monte ...
The Gruta de las Maravillas (English: "Grotto of the Marvels") is a cave in the town center of Aracena, Andalusia, Spain. It was the first Spanish cave to be opened to the public in 1914. It includes a total of 2130 subterranean meters of subterranean passages.
Cueva de los Tayos (Spanish, "Cave of the Oilbirds") is a cave located on the eastern slopes of the Andes mountains in the Morona-Santiago province of Ecuador. It owes its name to being the home of the native nocturnal birds called tayos ( Steatornis caripensis ), which live in numerous caves in the Andean jungles of South America.
The Wharf of the Caravels (Spanish: Muelle de las Carabelas) is a museum in Palos de la Frontera, in the province of Huelva, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.Its most prominent exhibits are replicas of Christopher Columbus's boats for his first voyage to the Americas, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María.
The National Park was created in 1975 to conserve the cave and the forest ecosystem where the oilbirds feed. The altitude of the national park is 900–2,340 m (2,950–7,680 ft). There are 367 species of bird in the national park, which has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA).
The Coves de l'Aranya (in original Catalan language, known in English as the Spider Caves and in Spanish Cuevas de la Araña) are a group of caves in the municipality of Bicorp in València, eastern Spain. The caves are in the valley of the river Escalona and were used by prehistoric people who left rock art.