Jackson's Bay Cave
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Jackson's Bay Cave | |
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Location | Clarendon Parish, Jamaica |
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Length | 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)[2] |
Discovery | 1964 |
Entrances | Many[2] |
Jackson's Bay Cave is a very large cave system on the Portland Ridge in Clarendon near the south coast of Jamaica. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful in the Caribbean.[2] It was discovered in 1964. Over 10 kilometres of caves have since been mapped. [2]
History
Pottery shards, rock carvings and rock paintings suggest that the caves were used by the Arawak Indians or Taínos.[2]
Fossils
A specimen of the extinct Jamaican monkey (Xenothrix mcgregori) was found by an American Museum of Natural History expedition c. 1993–1996.[2] Fossil remains of the Jamaican flightless ibis (Xenicibis xympithecus) and the Jamaican caracara (Caracara tellustris) have also been found there.
See also
References
External links
- Map of entire cave system
- Aerial view.
- Caving in Jamaica website, Guy van Rentergem.
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