Jamaican Caves Organisation

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Jamaican Caves Organisation (JCO), created in 2002 by Stefan Stewart, is an all-volunteer caving organisation devoted to the preservation, exploration and documentation of caves in Jamaica. It was created, in part, to replace the Jamaican Caving Club which had effectively ceased operations.

Notable events in the history of the group have been the first descent of Smokey Hole Cave, Manchester, in March of 2006, which established a new depth record for Jamaica of 194 metres, and the removal of the remains of Carlton Rose from the notorious Hutchinsons Hole, St Ann, in February of 2004.

Collaboration has included the National Environmental Agency of Jamaica (NEPA), and The Nature Conservancy (TNC).

Non-caving underground activities have included the exploration and mapping of Stamford Hill Mine, Clarendon, abandoned in 1863, under contract to PanCaribbean Minerals.

The JCO continues to explore known caves and expand this knowledge base as well as search out and begin exploration of new caves.

See also:

Caving