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Organ Cave is a large and historic cave in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA. The surrounding community takes its name from the cave. [1] In 1973, the Organ Cave System—also known as the Organ–Hedricks Cave System [2] —was registered as a National Natural Landmark for being "the largest cave system in the State, containing many caves ...
Organ Cave is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Organ Cave is located along U.S. Route 219 and West Virginia Route 63 at the Organ Cave , 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Ronceverte .
Most caves created from dissolved rocks are formed in limestone or dolomite, but Oregon Caves was formed in marble. [36] Of the more than 3,900 cave systems managed by the NPS, only those in Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, Kings Canyon National Park, and Great Basin National Park have marble caves. [36] [n 3]
The Great Stalacpipe Organ is an electrically actuated lithophone located in Luray Caverns, Virginia, USA. Covering 3.5 acres of the cavern, it is considered the world's largest instrument by Guinness World Records .
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The site is a rock shelter well up on the western side of Bishop's Cap, an outlier of the Organ Mountains, within the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in New Mexico, United States. It lies about 450 ft below the summit according to Brattstrom (1964); this would make its elevation about 1,500 metres (5,000 ft).
Neptune's Grotto (Italian: Grotta di Nettuno; Catalan: Cova de Neptú) is a stalactite cave near the town of Alghero on the island of Sardinia, Italy. The cave was discovered by local fishermen in the 18th century and has since developed into a popular tourist attraction. [1] The grotto gets its name from the Roman god of the sea, Neptune.
Caves or caverns are natural voids under the Earth's surface. [1] Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. Exogene caves are smaller openings that extend a relatively short distance underground (such as rock shelters). Caves which extend further underground than the opening is wide are called endogene caves ...