Belmont and Drip Cave | |
Map: | Jamaica |
Location: | Trelawny Parish, Jamaica |
Coordinates: | 18.3648°N -77.4545°W |
Coords Ref: | [1] |
Depth: | 75m (246feet)[2] |
Length: | 305m (1,001feet) |
Entrance Count: | 2 |
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.
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.