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Smokey Hole Cave

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Location
  
Manchester, Jamaica

Depth
  
195 m

Length
  
250 m

Smokey Hole Cave

At nearly 200 metres, Smokey Hole Cave in Manchester, Jamaica is the deepest known cave in the island.

Natural history

The cave contains a large bat roost and numerous Jamaican cave crickets (Uvaroviella cavicola). Also present are the invasive Periplaneta americana (cockroach) in small numbers, Gaucelmus cavernicola (spider), and Neoditomyia farri (fly).

References

Smokey Hole Cave Wikipedia