Carlsbad Caverns
CountryUSA
RegionNew Mexico
Discovered1900
Size/Depth49 km surveyed
About Carlsbad Caverns
Contains the Big Room, the largest cave chamber in North America at 1,219 m long. The limestone chambers were carved by sulfuric acid, not carbonic acid. Home to 400,000 Mexican free-tailed bats that emerge at dusk. The evening bat flight is a major attraction.
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