Smokey Hole Cave

Smokey Hole Cave
Location	Manchester, Jamaica
Coordinates	17°54′03″N 77°30′26″W / 17.9007245°N 77.5073057°W / 17.9007245; -77.5073057Coordinates: 17°54′03″N 77°30′26″W / 17.9007245°N 77.5073057°W / 17.9007245; -77.5073057
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

External links

• Map.
• Aerial view.
• Photos.
• Smokey Hole Cave - Field Notes.

References

Caves of Jamaica Bad Hole Belmont Carambie Coffee River Drip Dunn's Hole Gourie Green Grottos Hutchinson's Hole Jackson's Bay Long Mile Morgans Pond Hole Mouth Maze Oxford Smokey Hole Swansea Thatchfield Great Windsor Great Xtabi Jamaican Caves Organisation