- Belmont Cave
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Belmont or Drip Cave Location 18°21′53″N 77°27′16″W / 18.3647897°N 77.4544716°WCoordinates: 18°21′53″N 77°27′16″W / 18.3647897°N 77.4544716°W[1] Depth 75 metres (246 ft)[2] Length 305 metres (1,001 ft)[2] Number of entrances 2 
Belmont CaveBelmont Cave is a white limestone dry cave in the Cockpit Country of Jamaica. It is also known as Drip Cave, being a single cave with two close entrances.
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Natural history
Like many caves in Jamaica, Belmont is a major bat roost. The bat guano in turn supports a large invertebrate population of troglobite cockroaches (Nelipophygus), cave crickets, flies and cave spiders, as well as being home to the frog Eleutherodactylus cundalli.[2]
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References
- ^ Fincham, Alan G (1997). Jamaica Underground (2nd ed. ed.). ISBN 976-640-036-9. http://www.jamaicancaves.org/Register_C_D.htm.
- ^ a b c Stewart, R S (2006-06-02). "Belmont and Drip Cave". Jamaican Caves Organisation. http://www.jamaicancaves.org/belmont_drip_060602.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
Caves of JamaicaBad Hole · Belmont · Carambie · Coffee River · Drip · Dunn's Hole · Gourie · Green Grottos · Hutchinson's Hole · Jackson's Bay · Long Mile · Morgans Pond Hole · Mouth Maze · Oxford · Smokey Hole · Swansea · Thatchfield Great · Windsor Great · XtabiCategories:- Caves of Jamaica
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