Fort Stanton Cave

(Lincoln County - US)
33.506667,-105.493611
Grottocenter / carte

Description

The Snowy River - La Rivière de Neige

BTH - 11/03/2017

The world's longest continuous cave formation is in the Snowy River of Fort Stanton Cave, New Mexico, and is a coating of white calcite crystals that lines that bed of the streamway. The stream is active in parts of the year and dries up seasonally, adding to the deposit. Currently Snowy River has been surveyed and explored to over 10 miles in length with no end in sight"The World's Largest Cave Formations", in Virtual Cave : www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/largest.htm.

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Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
598.9Winds (Cave of the) -- Cliffhanger Entrance [doublon probable de #92268]90
677.6Alabaster Caverns1200
689.5Pearl Cave65
719.4Mallory Cave
884.7Horsethief Cave (Kanopolis KS)30
1034.7John Brown's Cave (Iola Ks)1000
1063.5Jesse James Cave (Pomona KS)00
1121.6Robber's Cave
1132.1Wind Cave210890