Smokey Hole Cave | |
Map: | Jamaica |
Location: | Manchester, Jamaica |
Coords: | 17.9007°N -77.5073°W |
Depth: | 195m (640feet) |
Length: | 250m (820feet) |
At nearly 200 metres, Smokey Hole Cave in Manchester, Jamaica is the deepest known cave in the island.[1]
The cave contains a large bat roost and numerous Jamaican cave crickets (Uvaroviella cavicola).[2] Also present are the invasive Periplaneta americana (cockroach) in small numbers, Gaucelmus cavernicola (spider), and Neoditomyia farri (fly).