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At 150.4 miles (242.0 km), Lechuguilla Cave is the eighth-longest explored cave in the world [ 1] and the second deepest (1,604 feet or 489 meters) in the continental United States. [ 2] It is most famous for its unusual geology, rare formations, and pristine condition. The cave is named for the canyon through which it is entered, which is ...
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave Carlsbad Cavern. Visitors to the cave can hike in on their own via the natural entrance or take an elevator from the visitor center. The park entrance is located on US Highway 62 ...
Emily Davis Mobley from Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico in 1991. More than 200 people worked over four days to bring her to the surface after her leg was broken. This was the deepest and most remote cave rescue in American history. [10] [11] A diving instructor was trapped in a cave air pocket in Venezuela in 1992 and later rescued by two ...
1978. Gunung Mulu National Park, also a World Heritage Site. 9. Lechuguilla Cave. 244.7 km (152.0 mi) [15][16] near Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States. 32°11′26″N 104°30′12″W / 32.1906420°N 104.5033091°W / 32.1906420; -104.5033091 (Grotte de Lechuguilla) 1900. Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
During the initial explorations of Lechuguilla Cave in the late 1980s, a chamber was named "Pellucidar" in honor of these stories. [18] In Philip José Farmer's "Riders of the Purple Wage", there is a concept known as "the Pellucidar Breakthrough". [citation needed]
Patricia Kambesis (born November 7, 1952) [1] [2] is an American caver, cartographer and educator. Kambesis is a professor at Western Kentucky University, instructing students the fields of geography and geographic information systems (GIS). [3] Kambesis coauthored the book Deep Secrets: The Discovers & Exploration of Lechuguilla Cave, which ...
Lechuguilla Desert. Coordinates: 32.4181104°N 113.9832679°W. Agave lechuguilla, a plant confined to the Chihuahuan desert that also uses this name. The Lechuguilla Desert is a small desert located in southwestern Arizona near the U.S. - Mexico border. It is considered to be part of the Lower Colorado Valley region of the Sonoran Desert.
Agave lechuguilla. Torr. [2] Agave lechuguilla f. glomeruliflora (Engelm.) Trel. Agave lechuguilla (common name in Chihuahua: lechuguilla, meaning "small lettuce") is an Agave species found only in the Chihuahuan Desert. The plant flowers once in its life and then dies.