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  3. Stephen Bishop (cave explorer) - Wikipedia

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    Stephen Bishop (c. 1821 – 1857) was an American cave explorer and self-taught geologist known for being one of the first people to explore and map Mammoth Cave in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Mammoth Cave is regarded as the longest cave system in the world and Bishop's map of the cave, hand-drawn from memory off-site in 1842, was included in a ...

  4. Mammoth Cave National Park - Wikipedia

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    Tourists inside the cave. The park's mission is stated in its foundation document: [7] The purpose of Mammoth Cave National Park is to preserve, protect, interpret, and study the internationally recognized biological and geologic features and processes associated with the longest known cave system in the world, the park’s diverse forested karst landscape, the Green and Nolin rivers, and ...

  5. Whigpistle Cave System - Wikipedia

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    Efforts continue to explore and map the cave. The Whigpistle Cave System is separated from Mammoth Cave by a deep valley, though a human connection may be possible at the caves' lowest elevation passageways. Currently, at least a one-kilometer (3,300-foot) gap exists between the two caves' closest known reaches. [5]

  6. List of longest caves in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Mammoth Cave, the longest known cave system in the world. The following is a list of the longest caves in the United States per length (> 50 km) of documented passageways. . Many passageways are still being discovered; this list is based on the latest verifiable

  7. John Alan Glennon - Wikipedia

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    The Martin Ridge Cave System, Cave Research Foundation Newsletter. Quinlan, J. F. and Ray, J. (1989). Map of groundwater basins, surface drainage, major caves, flow routes, the potentiometric surface, and an index to the topographic maps in the Mammoth Cave Region south of the Green River, 2nd edition. Friends of the Karst, Mammoth Cave, KY.

  8. Max Kämper - Wikipedia

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    Max Kämper. Max Kämper (16 December 1879 in Jüterbog – 10 November 1916 in Sailly-Saillisel) was a German mining engineer.. His 1908 survey and map of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, assisted by cave guide Ed Bishop, represent the first accurate instrumental survey of portions of the cave system.

  9. Category:National Register of Historic Places in Mammoth Cave ...

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    Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Mammoth Cave National Park" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .