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Belmont Cave

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Entrances
  
2

Depth
  
75 m

Length
  
305 m

Entrance
  
2

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Location
  
Trelawny Parish, Jamaica

Belmont Cave is a white limestone dry cave in the Cockpit Country of Jamaica. It is also known as Drip Cave, being a single cave with two close entrances.

Natural history

Like many caves in Jamaica, Belmont is a major bat roost. The bat guano in turn supports a large invertebrate population of troglobite cockroaches (Nelipophygus), cave crickets, flies and cave spiders, as well as being home to the frog Eleutherodactylus cundalli.

References

Belmont Cave Wikipedia