Jackson's Bay Cave
Jackson's Bay Cave |
Location |
[1] |
Length |
10 kilometres (6.2 mi)[2] |
Discovery |
1964 |
Number of entrances |
Many[2] |
Jackson's Bay Cave System
Location map
Jackson's Bay Cave is a very large cave system on the Portland Ridge in Clarendon near the south coast of Jamaica. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful in the Caribbean.[2] It was discovered in 1964 since when over 10 kilometres of caves have been mapped. [2]
History
Pottery shards, rock carvings and rock paintings suggest that the caves were used by the Arawak Indians or Taínos.[2]
Fossils
A specimen of the extinct Jamaican Monkey (Xenothrix mcgregori) was found by an American Museum of Natural History expedition c1993–1996.[2] Fossil remains of the Jamaican Flightless Ibis (Xenicibis xympithecus) have also been found there.
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