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The Jamaican GPS Cave Register

CAVE WGS84LA WGS84LO WGS84ALT +/- CONF
Anancy Hole** 18 17 14.4 77 38 00.5 440 m 10 m No
August 23 Pit** 18 16 41.4 77 42 42.3   15 m No
Bad Hole Cave** 18 20 21.7 77 38 18.7 165 m 5 m Yes
Barrow's Cave** 18 22 13.7 77 46 45.4 380 m 5 m No
Belfield Cave** 18 21 42.5 77 47 26.6 425 m 5 m No
Belle Air Cave** Reserved [1] Reserved 50 m 5 m No
Belly-Full Cave** 18 22 46.8 77 51 59.2 390 m 5 m Yes
Bertie Sinkhole** 18 15 12.3 77 19 46.9   20 m No
Blue Hole Glade Cave 1** 18 16 12.7 77 48 59.9 580 m 10 m No
Blue Hole Glade Cave 2** 18 16 15.9 77 49 02.5 580 m 10 m No
Blue Hole Glade Cave 3** 18 16 16.6 77 49 02.5 580 m 10 m No
Blue Hole Glade Cave 4** 18 16 16.7 77 49 02.5 580 m 10 m No
Blue Hole Glade Cave 5** 18 16 17.2 77 49 01.0 580 m 10 m No
Blue Hole Glade Cave 6** 18 16 17.9 77 49 01.1 580 m 10 m No
Bonafide Cave 18 18 32.7 77 43 22.5   20 m No
Bonnet Bush Cave** 18 22 31.2 77 51 19.0 455 m 5 m No
Bottom Pasture Cave 18 20 12.4 77 48 12.8 400 m 5 m No
Bottom Pasture Cave 2** Reserved [2] Reserved 420 m 10 m No
Bristol Cave - 2nd ent** 18 17 52.9 77 31 14.3 405 m 5 m Yes
Bunker's Hill Shelter** 18 23 39.8 77 41 45.2   10 m No
Clear River Cave** 18 22 09.8 77 42 19.4 110 m 5 m Yes
Coffee Hall III** 18 24 04.0 77 39 08.0   30 m No
Comfort Hall (St James) - E** 18 24 40.4 77 55 22.7 245 m 5 m No
Comfort Hall (St James) - W** 18 24 40.5 77 55 24.5 235 m 5 m No
Cool Garden 1 - NE Ent** 18 19 38.4 77 49 04.2   10 m No
Cool Garden 1 - SW Ent** 18 19 35.1 77 49 06.9 480 3 m No
Cool Garden 2 - N Ent** 18 19 42.0 77 49 05.4 485 m 5 m No
Cool Garden 2 - S Ent** 18 19 39.0 77 49 04.8 485 m 5 m Yes
Cool Garden 3 18 19 41.2 77 49 02.6 480 m 5 m No
Cool Garden 4 - NW Ent** 18 19 46.2 77 49 09.9 470 m 5 m No
Cool Garden 4 - SE Ent** 18 19 42.1 77 49 03.4 475 m 5 m No
Crystal Lake Cave** 18 27 24.8 77 22 37.8   25 m No
Cundalli Cave** 18 24 18.7 77 52 01.2 495 m 5 m No
Dead Baby Sinkhole** 18 21 18.3 77 46 50.6 465 m 5 m No
Deeside Roaring River Cave 18 23 19.0 77 44 50.7 130 m 5 m Yes
Devils Staircase 18 19 13.3 77 38 02.1 250 m 10 m No
Dromilly Cave Reserved [3] Reserved 165 m 5 m Yes
Duppy Cave 18 22 06.4 77 45 11.5 140 m 5 m Yes
Elizabeth's Cave** 18 14 47.0 77 48 26.3 510 m 10 m No
Fitzie Fissures 1, 2, 3** 18 21 42.8 77 46 28.3 300 m 10 m No
Flamstead Cave 18 19 55.1 77 49 29.2 465 m 5 m No
Flood Exit Cave 18 20 26.9 77 38 34.3 105 m 10 m Yes
Fontabelle Cave 18 23 59.3 77 39 10.4 190 m 10 m No
Fontabelle Cave 2** 18 23 59.1 77 39 10.5 190 m 10 m No
Geneva Mountain Cave** Reserved [3] Reserved   20 m No
Glade Fissures Cave 18 18 25.0 77 43 23.3     No
Grasslice Cave** 18 21 49.3 77 46 46.5 265m 5 m No
Green Grotto - Wild Caves** 18 27 35.6 77 22 38.3 30m 10 m No
Green Grotto - Main Ent 18 27 37.7 77 22 26.7 20m 3 m No
Hessie's Sinkhole** 18 22 46.3 77 37 35.2 170 m 5 m No
History Cave** 18 10 45.0 77 09 03.1   15 m No
Home Away Cave** Rservd [1][3] Reserved   10 m Yes
Kempshot Cave Reserved [1] Reserved 475 m 5 m No
Liebert's Great Hole** 18 21 09.4 77 48 12.8   5 m No
Likkle Cave** 18 22 32.9 77 45 57.2 190 m 10 m No
MacBeans Cave** 18 23 01.0 77 37 40.5   20 m No
Mafoota 1 18 22 37.3 77 52 43.4 340 m 5 m No
Mafoota 2 18 22 36.7 77 52 43.4 340 m 5 m No
Mafoota Pumphouse Cave** 18 22 27.8 77 53 17.7 295 m 10 m No
Mafoota River Cave 18 22 35.7 77 52 43.2 345 m 5 m No
Maldon School Cave 18 20 51.6 77 48 17.3 395 m 5 m No
Marta Tick Cave Reserved [3] Reserved   10 m Yes
Micey Gully Cave 18 23 37.1 77 53 06.6   20 m No
Minocal's Glory Hole 18 16 26.7 77 42 46.8 340 m 5 m No
Miss Henney Cave** 18 22 13.5 77 51 15.8 415 m 5 m No
Mocho Cave 18 25 04.1 77 53 59.0   30 m No
Niagara River Cave - S. Ent 18 16 01.8 77 48 59.6 520 m 5 m No
Nodewood Cave 2 18 15 49.6 77 48 58.6 525 m 5 m No
Nodewood Rising** 18 15 59.5 77 49 00.4 520 m 5 m No
Oxford Cave 18 12 25.1 77 48 14.9 245 m 5 m No
Peterkin Cave - East 1** 18 21 08.0 77 48 12.6 395 m 5 m No
Peterkin Cave - East 2** 18 21 06.3 77 48 11.1     No
Peterkin Cave - West** 18 21 05.5 77 48 22.6     No
Printed Circuit - Sober Ent** 18 18 16.3 77 34 14.2 490 m 5 m No
Pumphouse Cave 18 19 09.2 77 49 46.2 500 m 5 m No
Ramgoat Cave 18 20 16.2 77 33 24.3   50 m No
Rice Bottom 1** 18 23 30.8 77 54 26.8 305 m 5 m No
Rice Bottom 2** 18 23 26.2 77 54 32.6 300 m 5 m No
Rice Bottom 3** 18 23 28.4 77 54 33.7 300 m 5 m No
Roach Cave 18 20 37.1 77 48 35.5 430 m 10 m No
Road-Side Pit 18 17 06.3 77 43 04.4 395 m 10 m No
Rocky Road Cave** Reserved [3] Reserved 195 m 5 m No
Roehampton School Cave** 18 24 17.2 77 54 36.7 320 m 5 m No
Rota Cave - E Ent** 18 21 11.1 77 48 00.2   10 m No
Rota Cave - W Ent** 18 21 07.7 77 48 08.8 380 m 5 m No
Rota Sink 18 21 10.0 77 47 56.5 365 m 10 m No
Rotten Goat Crawl** 18 22 17.8 77 46 42.4 350 m 10 m No
Rudist Rock Cave Reserved [2] Reserved 460 m 5 m No
Sand Bottom Cave 18 20 57.8 77 49 51.5   5 m No
Schaw Castle Cave** 18 21 53.4 77 47 15.2 370 m 5 m No
Shell Chamber Cave ?? 18 21 27.1 77 49 30.5 420 m 5 m No
Springvale South Cave 18 22 29.4 77 45 47.9 140 m 5 m No
Still Waters Cave 18 12 56.4 77 45 25.6   10 m No
Thatchfield Cave - Ent 1 Reserved [3] Reserved   15 m Yes
Valley Pit 18 21 46.8 77 45 51.7 240 5 m No
Vaughansfield Cave 18 19 36.9 77 48 14.9 440 m 5 m No
Volcano Hole 18 14 16.0 77 24 12.9 635 m 10 m No
Wallingford River Cave 18 10 58.4 77 38 35.1 200 m 10 m No
Wallingford Main Cave 18 11 01.1 77 38 35.9 220 m 15 m No
Wallingford Roadside Cave 18 10 57.8 77 38 36.3 205 m 5 m No
Wallingford Tunnel Cave 18 11 00.9 77 38 37.9 205 m 5 m No
Whelton Cave** 18 23 49.1 77 54 34.9 300 m 5 m No
Windsor - Bamboo Bottom Ent** 18 20 26.5 77 38 43.5   30 m No
Windsor Cave - Main Ent 18 21 04.9 77 38 50.9 125 m 10 m Yes
Windsor Castle Cave 18 24 05.3 77 54 06.9 355 m 5 m No
Windsor Shelter Cave** 18 21 20.0 77 38 45.3   10 m Yes
Young Gully Cave 18 20 28.5 77 47 38.4 425 m 5 m No
[1] Position reserved due to archaeological resources. By request only. Contact the JCO for details.
[2] Position reserved due to paleological resources. By request only. Contact the JCO for details.
[3] Position reserved due to biological resources. By request only. Contact the JCO for details.


The spreadsheet found above gives recently acquired GPS data for Jamaican cave entrances, in WGS84, in html. It must be remembered that cave preservation remains our top priority. All data supplied is given with the expectation that this priority shall be respected.

All additions to The Jamaican Cave Register are identified by **.

All positions with a stated accuracy of +/- 10 m and under are DGPS, (WAAS), averaged positions. Those positions with an accuracy of 5 m may be regarded as being +/- 0.1” in WGS84 latitude and longitude, (i.e. in Jamaica = +/- 3 m). Positions given as 10 m are DGPS, but measured from a waypoint. Accuracies of 20 m are non-DGPS, but averaged.Those positions shown as Confirmed, (CONF), have been checked at least twice.

As of June 22, 2004, all positions in the preceeding database have been collected by R. S. Stewart. Priority of inclusion has been given to recent data collected using a Garmin GPS76, (WAAS DGPS), with a GA29 external antenna. Several older positions for caves of particular interest are included, but indicated by decreased accuracy.

All cavers using GPS in Jamaica are encouraged to record averaged GPS positions for every cave entrance visited and to forward the positions, in WGS84, to this site, at the contact address found above.
Please indicate the model of GPS used, WAAS DGPS status, antenna, and duration of averaging. DOP numbers if recorded, as well as track files in Oziexplorer format (.plt) of averaging sessions, are very helpful. Contributions will be noted in the database.

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