Discovering Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Friday, 03/06/2016 12:13 (GMT+7)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park was established in 1923 as a national monument, designated a national park in 1930 under President Herbert Hoover, and proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995.
Located in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico,
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is named for its impressive network of caves,
which are the seventh-longest in the world. (Photo: npmaps)
Carlsbad Cavern is one of over 300 limestone caves in a fossil reef laid down
by an inland sea 250 to 280 million years ago. (Photo: roadtrippers)
It was established in 1923 as a national monument, designated a national park in 1930
under President Herbert Hoover, and proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995. (Photo: youngearth)
The national park consists of no less than 119 caves, which have a long history
of human use since prehistoric times. (Photo: worldpress)
(Photo: travel)
Lechuguilla Cave is the seventh-longest explored cave in the world and the deepest
in the continental United States at 489 meters, but it is most famous for
its unusual geology, rare formations, and pristine condition (Photo: bestphotosite)
(Photo: worldpress)
Current check-lists for park fauna identify 67 species of mammals
(including 17 species of bats) (Photo: wikimedia)
Compiled by BTA