Snail Shell Cave

Snail Shell Cave

Snail Shell Cave is a limestone cave in Rockvale, Tennessee. Snail Shell Cave lies on an convert|88|acre|ha|adj=on preserve near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Snail Shell cave is owned by the Southeastern Cave Conservancy, which has called it "one of the most biologically significant cave sites in the southeastern United States." [http://www.scci.org/preserves/snailshell/ SCCi Acquires Snail Shell Cave: 88-Acre Preserve Established near Murfreesboro, Tennessee] , Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc. website (accessed March 23, 2008)]

The cave has more than convert|9|mi|km of surveyed passages, making it the longest continuous cave in the Tennessee Central Basin region. It is part of a system of caves known to have more than convert|13|mi|km of passages.

References

External links

* [http://www.scci.org/preserves/snailshell/ssmanage.html Snail Shell Cave Management Plan] , Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc., Approved 26 January 2002, Revised November 10, 2007


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