List of caves
Appearance
This is a list of caves of the world that have articles or that are properly cited. They are sorted by continent and then country. Caves which are in overseas territories on a different continent than the home country are sorted by the territory's continent and name.
Africa
[edit]-
The Cango caves in western cape.
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African cave paintings
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Lithic Industries at Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa
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Wonder Caves Praying Mary
Algeria
[edit]- Aïn Taïba
- Anou Achra Lemoun
- Anou Boussouil
- Anou Ifflis
- Anou Timedouine[1]
- Gueldaman caves
- Ghar Boumâaza (Rivière De La Tafna)[2]
- Grotte de Cervantes[3]
- Kef Al Kaous[1]
Botswana
[edit]Cameroon
[edit]Democratic Republic of Congo
[edit]Egypt
[edit]Ethiopia
[edit]Gabon
[edit]- Abanda Caves
- Caves of Lastoursville [10]
- Iroungou cave
- Mbenaltembe cave [11]
- Faucon cave [12]
Kenya
[edit]Lesotho
[edit]Libya
[edit]- Ain Zayanah
- Bukarma-Habibi[1]
- Umm al Masabih[1]
- Haua Fteah
Madagascar
[edit]- Ambatoanjahana[1]
- Ambatoharanana
- Ambatomanjahana[1]
- Anjanamba cave
- Ampandrianpanihy Nord[1]
- Andetobe[1]
- Andriafiabe[13]
- Anjohin'ny Voamboana[1]
- Anjohy Ambalarano[1]
- Anjohy Kibojenjy[1]
- Antsatrabonko[1]
- Riviere souterraine de Mananjeba[1]
- Marosakabe cave system
Mauritania
[edit]Morocco
[edit]- Caves of Hercules
- Friouato caves
- Ifri N'hamed N'taouia[1]
- Ifri Oudadane
- Jebel Irhoud
- Kef Aziza[1]
- Kef Tikhoubaï[1]
- Kef Toghobeit Cave
- Rhar Chara[1]
- Rhar Chiker[1]
- Taforalt
- Wit Tamdoun[1]
Mozambique
[edit]- Codzo River cave[15]
Nigeria
[edit]Namibia
[edit]- Apollo 11 Cave
- Arnhem Cave[1]
- Dragon's Breath Cave
- The White Lady
Réunion
[edit]Rwanda
[edit]Somaliland
[edit]South Africa
[edit]- Blombos Cave
- Boesmansgat
- Boomplaas Cave
- Border Cave
- Burchell's Shelter
- Cango Caves
- Cooper's Cave
- Diepkloof Rock Shelter
- Echo Caves
- Gladysvale Cave
- Gondolin Cave
- Haasgat
- Howieson's Poort Shelter
- Die Kelders
- Klasies River Caves
- Kromdraai Fossil Site
- Makapansgat
- Malapa Fossil Site, Cradle of Humankind
- Mapoch's Caves
- Melkhoutboom Cave
- Motsetsi Cave
- Nelson Bay Cave
- Onmeetbarediepgat
- Pinnacle Point
- Plovers Lake
- Rising Star Cave
- Sacred caves of the Basotho
- Sibudu Cave
- Sterkfontein
- Sudwala Caves
- Taung
- Witsie's Cave
- Wonder Cave
- Wonderwerk Cave
Tanzania
[edit]- Amboni Caves
- Grotte de Nduli[1]
- Mumba Cave
- Nandembo cave System[17]
Togo
[edit]Tunisia
[edit]- Rhar Ain Et Tsab[1]
Zambia
[edit]Zimbabwe
[edit]- Bambata cave
- Chinhoyi Caves
- Mabura Caves
- Mawenge Mwena Caves of Chimanimani[18]
Asia
[edit]-
Zhijin Cave is believed to possess the largest unsupported roof span of any cave worldwide.
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Seven-star Cave — a Karst cave with limestone formations, near Guilin in Guangxi Province, southern China
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Entrance to the underground river at Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
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Hang Sơn Đoòng's main passage is the largest known cave passage in the world.
Afghanistan
[edit]Cambodia
[edit]- Roung Dei Ho–Thom Ken[19]
- Laang Spean
- Phnom Chhnork
- Phnom Sampeau
- Phnom Sorsia
China
[edit]- Benxi Water Caves
- Bezeklik Caves
- Binghu Cave
- Er Wang Dong
- Furong Cave
- Fuyan Cave
- Gebihe cave system
- Grottoes of Tongtian Rock
- Hongqingsi Grottoes
- Huanglong Cave
- Jiangzhou Cave System
- Jiguan Cave
- Kizil Caves
- Kumtura Caves
- Longgu Cave
- Longyou Caves
- Luobi Cave
- Macaque Cave
- Reed Flute Cave
- San Wang Dong
- Sanmenhai
- Seven-star Cave
- Shanjuan Cave
- Shuanghedong Cave Network
- Shuanglong Cave
- Silver Cave
- Snowy Jade Cave
- Taiji Cave
- Tenglong Cave
- Tianyuan Cave
- Xianren Cave
- Yilong Cave
- Yiyuan Rong Cave Group
- Yuchanyan Cave
- Yuhuangdong Grottoes
- Zhijin Cave
- Zhong Cave
- Zhoukoudian
- Zengpiyan Cave
- Zhiren Cave
East Timor
[edit]India
[edit]- Ajanta Caves
- Amarnath Cave Temple
- Badami Cave Temples
- Bagh Caves
- Barabar Caves
- Belum Caves
- Borra Caves
- Caves of Meghalaya
- Edakkal Caves
- Elephanta Caves
- Ellora Caves
- Erravaram Caves
- Guntupalli Caves
- Jogeshwari Caves
- Kailash Caves
- Kanheri Caves
- Karla Caves
- Kotumsar Cave
- Krem Liat Prah
- Krem Synrang Pamiang
- Lakhudiyar Caves
- Lenyadri
- Lohani Caves
- Mahakali Caves
- Mandapeshwar Caves
- Moghalrajpuram caves
- Pandavleni Caves
- Patal Bhuvaneshwar
- Robber's Cave
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
- Siju Cave
- Umachal rock cave
- Undavalli caves
- Varaha Cave Temple
Indonesia
[edit]Iran
[edit]- Ali-Sadr Cave
- Bisitun Cave
- Darband Cave
- Dashkasan
- Deragon Cave
- Do-Ashkaft Cave
- Eshkaft-e Salman
- Eshkaft-e Siahoo
- Ghar Parau
- Ghar-e-Pariyan
- Ghar-e-Roodafshan
- Huto and Kamarband Caves
- Kalahrod
- Karaftu
- Katale Khor
- Mahi Kur Cave
- Nakhcheer
- Qaleh Bozi
- Quri Qale Cave
- Roodafshan Cave
- Saholan Cave
- Shafaq cave
- Shapur cave
- Shirabad cave
- Wezmeh
- Yafteh
Iraq
[edit]Israel
[edit]- Avshalom Cave
- Ayalon Cave
- Azekah Caves
- Beit She'arim (moshav)
- Cave of Elijah
- Cave of Horror
- Cave of Letters
- Cave of Nicanor
- Es Skhul
- HaYonim Cave
- Horvat Midras[20]
- Kebara Cave
- Keshet Cave[21]
- Komotayim cave[22]
- Kutim Cave[22]
- Malcham cave
- Mankhir Cave[21]
- Manot Cave
- Nahal Me'arot
- Pa'ar Cave
- Qesem Cave
- Rosh HaNikra grottoes
- Salt Colonel Cave[23]
- Tabun Cave
- Tel Maresha
Japan
[edit]- Abukuma-do (阿武隈洞)
- Akiyoshi-do (秋芳洞)
- Akkadō (安家洞)
- Kyusen-do (球泉洞)[1]
- Reigandō
- Uchimagi-do (内間木洞)[1]
- Shiraho Saonetabaru Cave Ruins
Jordan
[edit]- Iraq ed-Dubb
- Al-Fahda cave[24]
Kazakhstan
[edit]- Akbaur cave
- Boj-Boulok[25]
- Rangkul'skaja Cave[25]
Korea
[edit]Laos
[edit]Lebanon
[edit]Malaysia
[edit]Mongolia
[edit]- Dayan Deerh Cave[26]
- Galtai Cave[27]
- Khoit Tsenkher Cave[28]
- Taliin Cave[29]
- Tsagaan Cave
Myanmar
[edit]Nepal
[edit]Oman
[edit]Pakistan
[edit]- Bazar Caves
- Pir Ghaib Gharr Gharra[1]
- Kashmir Smast
- Sanghao Cave
Papua New Guinea
[edit]Philippines
[edit]- Adiangao Cave
- Bantay Abot Cave
- Callao Cave
- Caves in Misamis Oriental
- Guyangan Cave System
- Hinagdanan Cave
- Huluga Caves
- Kalanay Cave
- Kutawato Caves
- Lapuz Lapuz Cave
- Libmanan Caves National Park
- Lucsuhin Natural Bridge
- Macahambus Cave
- Minori Cave
- Monfort Bat Sanctuary
- Pamitinan Cave
- Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
- Sohoton Cave
- Tabon Cave
Qatar
[edit]Russia
[edit]Saudi Arabia
[edit]Sri Lanka
[edit]- Andirilena Cave[31][32]
- Batatotalena Cave
- Belilena Cave[31][32]
- Bogoda Cave[31][32]
- Dambulla Cave Temple
- Fa Hien Cave
- Hunugalagala Limestone Cave
- Kuragala
- Lahugala Cave[33]
- Nitro Cave[33]
- Pannila Cave[31][32]
- Rawana Ella Cave[31][32]
- Sithripura Cave[31][32]
- Wavulpone Cave[31][32]
South Korea
[edit]Taiwan
[edit]Thailand
[edit]Turkmenistan
[edit]- Cave of Dzhebel
- Koytendag Caves[34]
Uzbekistan
[edit]Vietnam
[edit]West Bank
[edit]Europe
[edit]Armenia
[edit]Austria
[edit]Azerbaijan
[edit]Belgium
[edit]Bosnia and Herzegovina
[edit]Bulgaria
[edit]Croatia
[edit]Czech Republic
[edit]Denmark
[edit]Finland
[edit]France
[edit]- Aven Armand
- Aven d'Orgnac
- Barry Troglodyte Village
- Caverne du Pont-d'Arc
- Caves of Arcy-sur-Cure
- Caves of Gargas
- Chauvet Cave
- Choranche cave
- Bournillon cave
- Réseau de la Dent de Crolles
- Font-de-Gaume
- Gouffre Berger
- Réseau du Clot d'Aspres
- Gournier Cave
- Gouy Cave
- Grotte des Demoiselles
- Grottes du Cerdon
- Grottes Pétrifiantes de Savonnières
- Grottes de Presque
- Jean Bernard System
- La Mansonnière cave
- La Verna cave
- Lascaux Cave
- Les Combarelles
- Niaux Cave
- Padirac Cave
- Pech Merle
- gouffre Mirolda
- Gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Martin
- Rouffignac Cave
- Villars Cave
Georgia
[edit]Germany
[edit]- Aachtopf
- Atta Cave
- Balve Cave
- Barbarossa Cave
- Baumann's Cave
- Bing Cave
- Blauhöhle
- Blautopf
- Brillenhöhle
- Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura
- Charlotte Cave
- Daneil's Cave
- Das verfluchte Jungfernloch
- Dechen Cave
- Devil's Cave
- Easter Cave
- Eberstadt Stalactite Cave
- Erdmanns Cave
- Geissenklösterle
- Goetz Cave
- Heimkehle
- Hermann's Cave
- Hohler Fels
- Hohlenstein-Stadel
- Iberg Dripstone Cave
- Kleine Feldhofer Grotte
- Lichtenstein Cave
- Marienglashöhle
- Ofnet Caves
- Riesending cave
- Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes
- Schellenberg Ice Cave
- Sirgenstein Cave
- Sophie Cave
- Unicorn Cave
- Vogelherd Cave
- Volkmarskeller
- Weingartenloch
- Wimsener Höhle
Gibraltar
[edit]Greece
[edit]- Alepotrypa cave
- Apidima Cave
- Arkaliospilio
- Arkoudiotissa Cave
- Asphendou Cave petroglyphs
- Blue Cave
- Cave of Euripides
- Cave of the Lakes
- Corycian Cave
- Davelis Cave
- Dersios sinkhole
- Doxa
- Eileithyia Cave
- Franchthi Cave
- Gourgouthakas
- Kleidi Cave
- Megalakkos
- Ossa cave
- Petralona Cave
- Phyle Cave
- Propantes
- Sacred caves of Crete
- Stravomyti
- Sykia (Voula)
- Theopetra cave
- Vari Cave
Hungary
[edit]Iceland
[edit]Ireland
[edit]Italy
[edit]- Abisso Bonetti
- Arene Candide
- Blue Grotto
- Borgio Verezzi Caves
- Castelcivita Caves
- Castellana Caves
- Cave of Dogs
- Coreca Caves
- Deer Cave
- Duino Mithraeum
- Ear of Dionysius
- Frasassi Caves
- Grotta Bianca
- Grotta del Castiglione
- Grotta del Cavallo
- Grotta del Cavallone
- Grotta del Pisco
- Grotta dell'Addaura
- Grotta dell'Arco
- Grotta dell'Arsenale
- Grotta dell'Artiglieria
- Grotta della Sibilla
- Grotta delle Felci
- Grotta Delle Prazziche
- Grotta dello Smeraldo
- Grotta di Ispinigoli
- Grotta di Matromania
- Grotte di Pilato
- Grotta Gigante
- Grotta Grande Del Ciolo
- Grotta Piccola Del Ciolo
- Grotta Regina del Carso
- Grotta Verde
- Monte Kronio
- Neptune's Grotto
- Nereo Cave
- Paglicci Cave
- Pastena Caves
- Pertosa Caves
- Romito Cave
- Scurati Caves
- Toirano Caves
Kosovo
[edit]Latvia
[edit]- Gutmanis Cave
- Liv Sacrifice Caves[37][38]
Malta
[edit]North Macedonia
[edit]- Alilica[39]
Norway
[edit]- Greftkjelen[1]
- Greftsprekka[1]
- Grønligrotta
- Jarlshola
- Jordbrugrotta
- Larshullet[1]
- Oskola-Kristihola[1]
- Radiohola
- Raggejavreraige
- Setergrotta
- Svarthola
- Tjoarvekrajgge
- Trollkirka[1]
Poland
[edit]- Bańdzioch Kominiarski[1]
- Jaskinia Czarna[1]
- Jaskinia Kozia[1]
- Jaskinia Miętusia[1]
- Jaskinia Mylna[40]
- Jaskinia Niedźwiedzia
- Jaskinia Raj
- Jaskinia Wielka Śnieżna
- Paradise Cave
- Piwniczka
- Ptasia Studnia[1]
- Radochów Cave
- Smocza Jama
- Śnieżna Studnia[1]
Portugal
[edit]- Almonda Cave[1]
- Cave of Aroeira
- Cave of Pedra Furada
- Cave of Pego do Diabo
- Cave of Salemas
- Escoural Cave
- Furnas do Cavalum
- Mira de Aire Caves[41]
- Moinhos Velhos Cave
- São Vicente Caves
- Torres Cave
Romania
[edit]Serbia
[edit]Slovakia
[edit]Slovenia
[edit]Spain
[edit]- Altamira
- Armintxe Cave
- Canelobre Caves
- Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
- Cave of Chufín
- Cave of El Castillo
- Cave of El Soplao
- Cave of La Pasiega
- Cave of Niño
- Cave of the Barranc del Migdia
- Cave of Valporquero
- Caves in Cantabria
- Caves of King Cintolo
- Caves of Nerja
- Caves of Valeron
- Coves dels Hams
- Cueva de la Fuente
- Cueva de la Pileta
- Cueva de los Casares
- Cueva de los Murciélagos
- Cueva de los Verdes
- Cueva de Montesinos
- Cueva del Viento
- Cuevas de El Castillo
- Cuevas de la Araña
- Cuevas de Sorbas
- Cuevas del Drach
- Four Doors cave site
- Fuentemolinos cave
- Grotte Casteret
- Gruta de las Maravillas
- Las Caldas cave
- Ojo Guareña
- Ordesa Cascada
- Painted Cave
- Praileaitz Cave
- Simanya cave
- Santa Cueva de Covadonga
- Santuario de la Cueva Santa
- Sidrón Cave
- Tito Bustillo Cave
Sweden
[edit]Switzerland
[edit]Turkey
[edit]- Akhayat sinkhole
- Ayvaini Cave
- Ballıca Cave
- Belbaşı
- Beldibi Cave
- Buzluk
- Cave dwellings of Ahlat
- Çayırköy Cave
- Cehennem Cave
- Cehennemağzı Cave
- Cennet Cave
- Cumayanı Cave
- Damlataş Cave
- Derebucak Çamlık Caves
- Dupnisa Cave
- Erçek Cave
- Egma Sinkhole
- Gilindire Cave
- Gökgöl Cave
- Ilıksu Cave
- İnağzı Cave
- Inkaya Cave
- İnsuyu Cave
- Karaca Cave
- Karain Cave
- Kızılelma Cave
- Kocain Cave
- Nimara Cave
- Oylat Cave
- Pınargözü Cave
- Sofular Cave
- Tilkiler Cave
- Yarımburgaz Cave
- Yenesu Cave
- Zeytintaşı Cave
Ukraine
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]- Alum Pot
- Aquamole Pot
- Aveline's Hole
- Badger Pot
- Bakers pit
- Bar Pot
- Blue John Cavern
- Boho Caves
- Boxhead Pot
- Cathole Cave
- Charterhouse Cave
- Chislehurst Caves
- Clearwell Caves
- Cleeves Cove cave
- Cox's cave
- Crackpot Cave
- Creswell Crags
- Crystal Cave
- Dan yr Ogof
- Death's Head Hole
- Disappointment Pot
- Dog Hole Cave
- Ease Gill Caverns
- Eastwater Cavern
- Eden Sike Cave
- Excalibur Pot
- Father Foote's Cave
- Fingal's Cave
- Flood Entrance Pot
- Gaping Gill
- Gavel Pot
- GB Cave
- Giant's Hole
- Goatchurch Cavern
- Gough's Cave
- Great Douk Cave
- Great Masson Cavern
- Great Rutland Cavern
- Heathery Burn Cave
- Ingleborough Cave
- Jib Tunnel
- Juniper Gulf
- Kent's Cavern
- Kirkdale Cave
- La Cotte de St Brelade
- Lamb Leer
- Langcliffe Pot
- Long Churn Cave
- Long Drop Cave
- Longwood Swallet
- Lost John's Cave
- Lost Pot
- Manor Farm Swallet
- Marble Arch Caves
- Mossdale Caverns
- Mother Ludlam's Cave
- Mother Shipton's Cave
- Nidderdale Caves
- Noon's Hole
- Ogof Agen Allwedd
- Ogof Craig a Ffynnon
- Ogof Draenen
- Ogof Ffynnon Ddu
- Ogof Hen Ffynhonnau
- Ogof Hesp Alyn
- Ogof Llyn Parc
- Ogof y Daren Cilau
- Otter Hole
- Oxlow Cavern
- Pate Hole
- Peak Cavern
- Pen Park Hole
- Pierre's Pot
- Poole's Cavern
- Portbraddon Cave
- Porth Yr Ogof
- Pridhamsleigh Cavern
- Rat Hole
- Reed's Cave
- Reservoir Hole
- Rhino Rift
- Rowten Pot
- Rumbling Hole
- Ryedale Windypits
- Shannon Cave
- Shatter Cave
- Short Drop Cave
- Sidcot Swallet
- Simpson Pot
- Skirwith Cave
- Slaughter Stream Cave
- Smoo Cave
- Speedwell Cavern
- St Cuthbert's Swallet
- Stoke Lane Slocker
- Stream Passage Pot
- Stump Cross Caverns
- Swildon's Hole
- Swinsto Cave
- Thor's Cave
- Three Counties System
- Thrupe Lane Swallet
- Titan
- Treak Cliff Cavern
- Uamh an Claonaite
- Upper Flood Swallet
- Weathercote Cave
- White Scar Caves
- Wookey Hole Caves
- Yordas Cave
North America
[edit]-
Flowstone found in Mammoth cave.
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Location map of wind cave.
Belize
[edit]Bermuda
[edit]Canada
[edit]- Arctomys Cave
- Artlish Caves Provincial Park
- Bluefish Caves
- Booming Ice Chasm
- Cadomin Cave
- Canyon Creek Ice Cave
- Castleguard Cave
- Cave and Basin National Historic Site
- Cavernicole Cave
- Charlie Lake Cave
- Close to the Edge
- Cody Caves
- Gargantua
- The "Hole in the Wall"
- Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park
- Nakimu Caves
- Raspberry Rising Cave
- Trou du Diable
- Warsaw Caves
El Salvador
[edit]Guatemala
[edit]Honduras
[edit]Mexico
[edit]- Balankanche
- Cacahuamilpa Cave
- Cave of the Crystals
- Cave of Swallows
- Chan Hol
- Chevé Cave
- Chiquihuitillos
- Choo-Ha
- Coxcatlan Cave
- Cueva de Villa Luz
- Devil's Throat at Punta Sur
- Frightful Cave
- Guilá Naquitz Cave
- Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park
- Grutas de García
- Jolja'
- Juxtlahuaca
- Loltun Cave
- Ndaxagua
- Sistema Dos Ojos
- Sistema Nohoch Nah Chich
- Sistema Ox Bel Ha
- Sistema Sac Actun
- Tolantongo
- Zacatón
Panama
[edit]United States
[edit]- Aeolus Cave, Vermont
- Airmen's Cave, Texas
- Alabaster Caverns State Park, Oklahoma
- Antelope Cave, Arizona
- Ape Cave, Washington
- Arnold Lava Tube System, Oregon
- Ash Hollow Cave, Nebraska
- Baker Cave, Texas
- Bandera Volcano Ice Cave, New Mexico
- Bat Cave, Kentucky
- Bat Cave, Arizona
- Batcheller's Cave, New Hampshire
- Beaver Valley Rock Shelter Site, Delaware
- Bechan Cave, Utah
- Bell Witch Cave, Tennessee
- Big Bone Cave, Tennessee
- Big Four Ice Caves, Washington
- Black Chasm Cave, California
- Blanchard Springs Caverns, Arkansas
- Blowhole Cave, Utah
- Blue Spring Cave, Tennessee
- Bluespring Caverns, Indiana
- Bluff Dweller's Cave, Missouri
- Bobcat Trail Habitation Cave, Hawaii
- Boone's Cave Park, North Carolina
- Boyd Cave, Oregon
- Boyden Cave, California
- Bracken Cave, Texas
- Bridal Cave, Missouri
- Buckner Cave, Indiana
- Bull Shoals Caverns, Arkansas
- Bull Thistle Cave Archaeological Site, Virginia
- Burnet Cave, New Mexico
- Burro Flats Painted Cave, California
- California Caverns, California
- Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
- Cascade Cave, Kentucky
- Cascade Caverns, Texas
- Cass Cave, West Virginia
- Cathedral Caverns State Park, Alabama
- Cave-in-Rock, Illinois
- Cave of the Bells, Arizona
- Cave of the Mounds, Wisconsin
- Cave of the Winds, Colorado
- Cave of the Winds, New York
- Cave Without a Name, Texas
- Caverns of Sonora, Texas
- Caves of St. Louis, Missouri
- Charles Town Cave, West Virginia
- Cheese Cave, Washington
- Cherney Maribel Caves County Park, Wisconsin
- Clarks Cave, Virginia
- Clarksville Cave, New York
- Cliff Cave, Missouri
- Cold Water Cave, Iowa
- Colossal Cave, Arizona
- Colossal Cave, Kentucky
- Conkling Cavern, New Mexico
- Coronado Cave, Arizona
- Cosmic Cavern, Arkansas
- Coudersport Ice Mine, Pennsylvania
- Craighead Caverns, Tennessee
- Crystal Cave, Sequoia National Park, California
- Crystal Cave, Kentucky
- Crystal Cave, Ohio
- Crystal Cave, Pennsylvania
- Crystal Cave, Wisconsin
- Crystal Cavern, Alabama
- Crystal Grottoes, Maryland
- Cumberland Bone Cave, Maryland
- Cumberland Caverns, Tennessee
- Current River Cavern, Missouri
- Danger Cave, Utah
- Decorah Ice Cave State Preserve, Iowa
- Derrick Cave, Oregon
- DeSoto Caverns, Alabama
- Devil's Den Cave, Florida
- Devil's Kitchen, Michigan
- Devils Hole, Nevada
- Devilstep Hollow Cave, Tennessee
- Diamond Caverns, Kentucky
- Dixie Caverns, Virginia
- Dunbar Cave State Park, Tennessee
- Dust Cave, Alabama
- Eagle Cave, Wisconsin
- Ellenville Fault Ice Caves, New York
- Eleven Jones Cave, Kentucky
- Ellison's Cave, Georgia
- Endless Caverns, Virginia
- False Kiva, Utah
- Fantastic Caverns, Missouri
- Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama
- Fern Grotto, Hawaii
- Fisher Ridge Cave System, Kentucky
- Florida Caverns, Florida
- Fort Rock Cave, Oregon
- Fox Cave, New Mexico
- Franktown Cave, Colorado
- Gap Cave, Virginia
- Gardner Cave, Washington
- Glenwood Caverns, Colorado
- Glover's Cave, Kentucky
- Goochland Cave, Kentucky
- Grand Caverns, Virginia
- Grand Canyon Caverns, Arizona
- Great Onyx Cave, Kentucky
- Gypsum Cave, Nevada
- Hall City Cave, California
- Haynes Cave, West Virginia
- Hellhole, West Virginia
- Hendrie River Water Cave, Michigan
- Hidden Cave, Nevada
- Hobo Cave, Colorado
- Hogup Cave, Utah
- Horse Cave, Kentucky
- Horse Caves, Massachusetts
- Horse Lava Tube System, Oregon
- Howe Caverns, New York
- Hubbard's Cave, Tennessee
- Humboldt Cave, Nevada
- Ice Cave, Iowa
- Illinois Caverns, Illinois
- Indian Cave State Park, Nebraska
- Indian Caverns, Pennsylvania
- Indian Echo Caverns, Pennsylvania
- Indian Jim's Cave, Virginia
- Indiana Caverns, Indiana
- Infernal Caverns, California
- Inner Space Caverns, Texas
- Jacobs Cavern, Missouri
- Jacob's Well, Texas
- Jewel Cave, South Dakota
- Kartchner Caverns, Arizona
- Kazumura Cave, Hawaii
- Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama
- Kickapoo Cavern State Park, Texas
- King Phillip's Cave, Massachusetts
- Kingston Saltpeter Cave, Georgia
- Kuna Caves, Idaho
- Lake Shasta Caverns, California
- Laurel Caverns, Pennsylvania
- Lava Beds National Monument, California
- Lava River Cave, Arizona
- Lava River Cave, Oregon
- Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico
- Lehman Caves, Nevada
- Leon Sinks Geological Area, Florida
- Lewis and Clark Caverns, Montana
- Linville Caverns, North Carolina
- Lockport Cave, New York
- Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas
- Lookout Mountain Caverns, Tennessee
- Lost Cove Cave, Tennessee
- Lost River Cave, Kentucky
- Lost River Caverns, Pennsylvania
- Lost River Gorge Cave, New Hampshire
- Lost World Caverns, West Virginia
- Lovelock Cave, Nevada
- Luray Caverns, Virginia
- Makauwahi Cave, Hawaii
- Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
- Mammoth Cave, Utah
- Manitou Cave, Alabama
- Mantle's Cave, Colorado
- Maquoketa Caves State Park, Iowa
- Marengo Cave, Indiana
- Mark Twain Cave, Missouri
- Marmes Rockshelter, Washington
- Martin Ridge Cave System, Kentucky
- Marvel Cave, Missouri
- Mary Campbell Cave, Ohio
- Meramec Caverns, Missouri
- Mercer Caverns, California
- Minnetonka Cave, Idaho
- Mitchell Caverns, California
- Moaning Cavern, California
- Moqui Cave, Utah
- Mud Caves, California
- Mummy Cave, Wyoming
- Mystery Cave, Minnesota
- Mystic Caverns and Crystal Dome, Arkansas
- Natural Bridge Caverns, Texas
- Natural Tunnel State Park, Virginia
- Neffs Cave, Utah
- Nickajack Cave, Tennessee
- Niter Ice Cave, Idaho
- Nutty Putty Cave, Utah
- Ogdens Cave Natural Area Preserve, Virginia
- Ohio Caverns, Ohio
- Old Spanish Treasure Cave, Arkansas
- Olentangy Indian Caverns, Ohio
- Oligo-Nunk Cave System, Kentucky
- Onondaga Cave State Park, Missouri
- Onyx Cave, Arizona
- Onyx Cave, Arkansas
- Onyx Cave, Missouri
- Oregon Caves National Monument, Oregon
- Organ Cave, West Virginia
- Ozark Caverns, Missouri
- Paisley Caves, Oregon
- Paradise Ice Cave, Washington
- Peacock Springs Cave System, Florida
- Pellerito Cave, Michigan
- Pendejo Cave, New Mexico
- Penns Cave, Pennsylvania
- Peppersauce Cave, Arizona
- Petty John's Cave, Georgia
- Pictograph Cave, Arkansas
- Pictograph Cave, Montana
- Pluto's Cave, California
- Polar Caves Park, New Hampshire
- Port Kennedy Bone Cave, Pennsylvania
- Raccoon Mountain Caverns, Tennessee
- Redmond Caves, Oregon
- Research Cave, Missouri
- Ricks Spring, Utah
- Rickwood Caverns State Park, Alabama
- Riverbluff Cave, Missouri
- Robbers Cave State Park, Oklahoma
- Rock Dove Cave, Texas
- Rumbling Falls Cave, Tennessee
- Ruby Falls Cave, Tennessee
- Rushmore Cave, South Dakota
- Russell Cave, Alabama
- Samuels' Cave, Wisconsin
- Sandia Cave, New Mexico
- Sandy Glacier Caves, Oregon
- Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama
- Sea Lion Caves, Oregon
- Seneca Caverns, Ohio
- Seneca Caverns, West Virginia
- Shawnee Cave, Indiana
- Shelta Cave, Alabama
- Shelter Cave, New Mexico
- Shenandoah Caverns, Virginia
- Sinks of Gandy, West Virginia
- Sitting Bull Crystal Caverns, South Dakota
- Skeleton Cave, Arizona
- Skeleton Cave, Oregon
- Skull Cave, Michigan
- Skylight Cave, Oregon
- Skyline Caverns, Virginia
- Smoke Hole Caverns, West Virginia
- Snail Shell Cave, Tennessee
- Snowy River Cave, New Mexico
- Spook Cave, Iowa
- Squire Boone Caverns, Indiana
- Spring Cave, Colorado
- Spring Creek Cave, Texas
- Spring Mill State Park, Indiana
- Spring Valley Caverns, Minnesota
- St. John Mine, Wisconsin
- Stay High Cave, Virginia
- Talking Rocks Cavern, Missouri
- Tears of the Turtle Cave, Montana
- Thumping Dick Hollow, Tennessee
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Utah
- Toquima Cave, Nevada
- Tory Cave, New York
- Tory's Cave, Connecticut
- Tory's Cave, Vermont
- Tuckaleechee Caverns, Tennessee
- Twin caves, Indiana
- Tyson Spring Cave, Minnesota
- Tytoona Cave, Pennsylvania
- Unthanks Cave Natural Area Preserve, Virginia
- Ursa Minor, California
- Ventana Cave, Arizona
- Wabasha Street Caves, Minnesota
- Wakulla Cave, Florida
- Warren's Cave, Florida
- Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida
- Wilson Butte Cave, Idaho
- Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota
- Wonder Cave, Texas
- Wonderland Cave, Arkansas
- Wyandotte Caves, Indiana
- Zane Shawnee Caverns, Ohio
Caribbean
[edit]Aruba
[edit]Bahamas
[edit]- Lucayan Caverns (Ben's Cave)[42]
Barbados
[edit]Curaçao
[edit]Cuba
[edit]- Cuevas de Bellamar[1]
- Cueva de Saturno
- La Gran Caverna de Santo Tomás[1]
- Gran Caverna de Palmarito[43]
Dominican Republic
[edit]Haiti
[edit]- Bellony Cave
- Kounoubwa Cave[44]
- Marie-Jeanne Cave[44]
- Voûte-à-Minguet
Jamaica
[edit]Puerto Rico
[edit]Saint Lucia
[edit]Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
[edit]Trinidad and Tobago
[edit]Turks and Caicos Islands
[edit]South America
[edit]Argentina
[edit]- Cave 3, Los Toldos (Santa Cruz)[45]
- Cueva de la Bruja[46]
- Cueva de Gualicho[47]
- Cueva de las Manos
- Cueva del Tigré[48]
- Witches' Cave
Bolivia
[edit]Brazil
[edit]- Abismo Guy Collet
- Abismo Ouro Grosso
- Areado Grande
- Buraco das Araras, Goiás
- Buraco das Araras, Mato Grosso do Sul
- Caverna Aroe Jari
- Caverna da Pedra Pintada
- Caverna da Tapagem
- Caverna de Santana
- Caverna dos Ecos
- Cavernas do Peruaçu National Park
- Conjunto Santa Rita
- Conjunto São Mateus
- Gruta Canabrava
- Gruta Casa de Pedra
- Gruta da Cabana
- Gruta da Morena
- Gruta da Torrinha
- Grutas das Areias
- Gruta de Maquiné
- Gruta de Ubajara
- Gruta do Centenário
- Gruta do Janelão
- Gruta do Lago Azul Natural Monument
- Gruta do Padre
- Gruta Olhos d'Água
- Gruta Rei do Mato
- Lapa da Mangabeira
- Lapa do Convento
- Lapa do Salitre
- Lapa dos Brejões
- Lapa Terra Ronca
- Parque da Cascata
- Poço Encantado
- Serra do Ramalho
- Toca da Barriguda
- Toca da Boa Vista
Chile
[edit]- Cueva del Pirata
- Cueva de los Pincheira
- Catedral de Mármol
- Cueva del Milodón
- Cueva Fell
- Roiho cave system[49]
- Perte du Futur[50]
- Perte de la Détente[50]
- Perte des Lobos[50]
- Perte du Temps[50]
Colombia
[edit]- Guacharos Cave
- Cueva del Hipocampo [51]
- Hoyo de la Campesino [51]
- Cueva de la Tronera [51]
- Cueva de los Carracos [51]
- Hoyo de los Ocelotes [51]
- Hoyo de la Neblina [51]
Hoyo Sid El Perezoso [51]
Ecuador
[edit]Peru
[edit]South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
[edit]Suriname
[edit]Uruguay
[edit]Venezuela
[edit]- Cueva Alfredo Jahn Natural Monument
- Cueva de la Quebrada del Toro
- Cueva del Fantasma
- Cueva del Guácharo
- Cueva del Saman[52][1]
- Cueva La Segunda Cascada[1]
- Cueva Los Encantos[1]
- Cueva Los Laureles[1]
- Cueva-Sumidero La Retirada[1]
- Haitón del Guarataro
- Sima Aonda[1]
- Sima Aonda 2[1]
- Sima Aonda 3[1]
- Sima Auyantepui Noroeste[1]
- Sima Auyantepui Norte[1]
- Sima Humboldt
- Sima Martel
Oceania
[edit]-
Jewel Cave Historic Entrance.
Australia
[edit]- Abercrombie Caves
- Abrakurrie Cave
- Ashford Caves
- Borenore Caves
- Buchan Caves
- Bungonia Caves
- Camooweal Caves National Park
- Capricorn Caves
- Cave Gardens
- Cliefden Caves
- Cloggs Cave
- Devil's Lair
- Drovers Cave National Park
- Engelbrecht Cave
- Exit Cave
- Fireclay Caverns
- Fossil Cave
- Gunns Plains Cave
- Hastings Caves State Reserve
- Hermit's Cave
- Hippo's Yawn
- Jenolan Caves
- Koonalda Cave
- Koongine Cave
- Kutikina Cave
- London Bridge
- Mammoth Cave
- Mermaids Cave
- Moondyne Cave
- Mount Etna Caves National Park
- Murrawijinie Cave
- Naracoorte Caves
- New Guinea II cave
- Niggly Cave
- Ngilgi Cave
- Old Homestead Cave
- Pindar Cave
- Princess Margaret Rose Cave
- St Michaels Cave
- Tarragal Caves
- Tjunti
- Wellington Caves
- Willi Willi Caves
- Wombeyan Caves
- Wyanbene Caves
- Yarrangobilly Caves
Cook Islands
[edit]Federal States of Micronesia
[edit]Guam
[edit]Nauru
[edit]New Caledonia
[edit]New Zealand
[edit]- Aurora Cave
- Broken River Cave
- Bulmer Cavern
- Cathedral Caves
- Clifden Limestone Caves
- Cracroft Caverns
- Ellis Basin cave system
- Gardner's Gut
- Harwoods Hole
- Honeycomb Hill Cave
- Metro Cave / Te Ananui Cave
- Moncks Cave
- Nettlebed Cave
- Ngarua Caves
- Rawhiti Cave
- Riwaka Resurgence
- Ruakuri Cave
- Te Ana-au Caves
- Waitomo Caves
- Waitomo Glowworm Cave
- Wiri Lava Cave
Samoa
[edit]Tuvalu
[edit]Vanuatu
[edit]Mars
[edit]As of 2007[update] seven putative cave entrances have been identified in satellite imagery of the planet Mars, all so far located on the flanks of Arsia Mons.[53] A more recent photograph of one of the features shows sunlight illuminating a side wall, suggesting that it may simply be a vertical pit rather than an entrance to a larger underground space.[54]
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