A cave is a natural opening in the ground stretching beyond the zone of light and large enough to permit the entry of a person. Some are found in cliffs at the edge of the coastline, chiseled away by the relentless pounding of waves and also by a variety of geological processes. Caves range from the size of a single small room to interlinked passages, miles long.
Below shows a list of some caves in Belize with known depths and lengths.
Caves
| Cave | Area | Depth (m) |
Length (m) |
Discovery Date | Discoverer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actun A | 0 | 7,000 | |||
| Actun Box Ch'iich' | -183 | 0 | |||
| Actun Check | 0 | 4,500 | |||
| Actun Chapat Cave | |||||
| Actun Kabal | Chiquibul | -95 | 12,000 | ||
| Actun Loch Tunich (Black Hole Drop) | |||||
| Actun Lubul Ha | Boundary Fault, Caves Branch | 0 | 3,750 | ||
| Actun Nab Nohol inferior | 0 | 4,500 | |||
| Actun Tun Kul | Chiquibul | 160 | 39,000 | ||
| Actun Tunichil Muknal | Boundary Fault, Cayo District | 5,300 | |||
| Barton Creek Cave | Barton Creek | 8,000 | |||
| Che Chem Ha Cave | 1989 | William Morales | |||
| Chiquibul Cave System | Chiquibul | -95 | 58,000 | ||
| Crystal Cave | St. Herman's Blue Hole National Park | ||||
| Flour Camp Cave | |||||
| Great Blue Hole | 124 | 0 | |||
| Caves Branch Cave | 0 | 0 | |||
| Yit Ha (Rio Blanco sink) - Hokeb Ha Cave (Blue Creek Cave) | Rio Blanco - Blue Creek, Toledo District | 9,000 | |||
| Laguna Cave | |||||
| Midnight Terror Cave | 2006 | ||||
| Nohoch Che'en | |||||
| Petroglyph Cave - St Herman's Cave | Boundary Fault, Caves Branch | 0 | 17,000 | ||
| Rio Frio Cave | Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve | ||||
| Tiger Cave (Tich Hulz) | Rio Grande, Toledo District | 5,078 | |||
| Pueblo Creek Cave - Ochochpec | Pueblo Viejo - Aguacate, Toledo District | 7,000 | |||
| Yux Ta'Ha | Rio Grande, Toledo District | 3,000 | |||
| AC Cave | Bladen, Toledo District | 4,000 |
See also
References
- Hanson, Jeanne K. Caves. Infobase Publishing.
- "Caves". National Geographic. Archived from the original on March 25, 2017.