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  2. List of caves in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of natural caves in the United States. Alabama. Cathedral Caverns; Crystal Cavern ... List of U.S.A Deep Caves This page was last edited on 21 November ...

  3. List of deepest caves - Wikipedia

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    This list of deepest caves includes the deepest known natural caves according to maximum surveyed depth as of 2024. The depth value is measured from the highest to the lowest accessible cave point. The depth value is measured from the highest to the lowest accessible cave point.

  4. Lechuguilla Cave - Wikipedia

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    Lechuguilla was also the deepest known cave in the continental United States at 1,604 feet (489 m) [2] until the exploration of Tears of the Turtle Cave in 2014. [5] Drawn by the cave's pristine condition and rare beauty, cavers come from around the world to explore and map its passages and geology. [4]

  5. 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

  6. Ellison's Cave - Wikipedia

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    Ellison's is a solution cave in the Ridge and Valley geologic region of northwest Georgia and lies within a bedrock fault in Pigeon Mountain.During the Ordovician Period, tectonic subduction responsible for forming the Appalachians left a number of seismically active fault lines stretching from northern Alabama to eastern Tennessee.

  7. Hellhole (cave) - Wikipedia

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    Hellhole is a large and deep pit cave in Germany Valley of eastern West Virginia. It is the seventh longest cave in the United States and is home to almost half of the world's population of Virginia big-eared bats. At 737 feet (225 m), Hellhole is the deepest of several caves in the Valley. [3]

  8. Tears of the Turtle Cave - Wikipedia

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    Tears of the Turtle Cave is located in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in western Montana and is currently the deepest known limestone cave in the United States since passing New Mexico's Lechuguilla cave in 2014. [4] As of August 2024, the cave is known to be 2,477 feet (755 m) deep [2] and 1.88 miles (3,030 m) long. [1]

  9. Jewel Cave National Monument - Wikipedia

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    Jewel Cave National Monument contains Jewel Cave, currently the fifth longest cave in the world and second longest cave in the United States, with 220.01 miles (354.07 km) of mapped passageways as of May 2024. [3] [4] [5] It is located approximately 13 miles (21 km) west of the town of Custer in Black Hills of South Dakota.