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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.
Gourie Cave, near Christiana, is the longest of the over 100 caves in the parish, as well as the longest known cave in Jamaica (3505m). [3] Smokey Hole Cave, in Cross Keys, is the deepest known cave on the island (194m). [4] Oxford Cave, near Auchtembeddie, in the NW part of the parish, is another of the major speleological sites found in ...
The Jamaican Caves Organisation (JCO) was established in 2002 by Ronald Stefan Stewart (ORCID: 0009-0008-7866-4057), Ivor Conolley, and Martel Taylor, with partial funding and technical assistance from The Nature Conservancy, and the Windsor Research Centre.
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 Trelawny Parish [ 3 ] Coffee River Cave – 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 ...
The largest basin is the Vale of Clarendon, 80 kilometres (50 mi) long and 32 kilometres (20 mi) wide. Queen of Spains Valley, Nassau Valley , and Cave Valley were formed by the same process. Shallow caves, known locally as cockpits, are particularly common around the hamlet of Quick Step, reaching a density of 15 per km 2 . [ 5 ]
This list of longest caves by country includes the longest-known natural cave per country. To be listed, the caves must have been surveyed to cave surveying standards , and the results published in reliable sources.
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 .
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).