Smokey Hole Cave
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Location | Manchester, Jamaica |
Coordinates | 17°54′03″N 77°30′26″W / 17.9007245°N 77.5073057°WCoordinates: 17°54′03″N 77°30′26″W / 17.9007245°N 77.5073057°W |
Depth | 195 metres (640 ft)[1] |
Length | 250 metres (820 ft)[1] |
At nearly 200 metres, Smokey Hole Cave in Manchester, Jamaica is the deepest known cave in the island.[2]
Natural history
The cave contains a large bat roost and numerous Jamaican cave crickets (Uvaroviella cavicola).[1] Also present are the invasive Periplaneta americana (cockroach) in small numbers, Gaucelmus cavernicola (spider), and Neoditomyia farri (fly).[1]
See also
- List of caves#Jamaica
- Jamaican Caves Organisation
- Manchester Parish, Jamaica
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