Crevice Cave

Crevice Cave is a cave located in Perry County in the state of Missouri.^[1] It is the longest cave in Missouri and one of the longest caves in the United States.

Crevice Cave Interior

Geology

Speleothems in the cave have been used to determine climate changes in the period stretching from 25,000 to 75,000 years ago, as well as to document periods of cave flooding during the Holocene epoch.^[2]

Length

It is the longest cave in Missouri and the 8th^[3] or 11th^[4] longest cave in the United States.

In 1984 the cave was measured to be 28.20 miles (over 48,000 meters or 45.37 kilometers) long.^[5] The Missouri Speleological Survey suggests the cave is more than 31.2 miles long.^[6]

References

1. Heim, Michael (2007). Exploring Missouri Highways: Trip Trivia. Exploring America's Highways. Travel Organization Network Exchange. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-9744358-6-2.
2. Dorale, Jeffrey A. (2020-12-01). "Paleoclimate Studies from Midwestern Caves". In Brick, Greg A. Jr.; Alexander, E. Calvin (eds.). Caves and Karst of the Upper Midwest, USA: Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin. Springer Nature. pp. 302–303. ISBN 978-3-030-54633-5.
3. Obi, Jeremiah Chukwunonso (2016). Geophysical Imaging of Karst Features in Missouri (PhD). Missouri University of Science and Technology. p. 20. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
4. Gulden, Bob (April 2006). "Long and Deep Caves of the United States" (PDF). Journal of Cave and Karst Studies. 68 (1): 39. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
5. Unklesbay, Athel Glyde; Vineyard, Jerry D. (1992). Missouri Geology: Three Billion Years of Volcanoes, Seas, Sediments, and Erosion. University of Missouri Press. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-0-8262-0836-1.
6. "Crevice Cave". Missouri Speleological Survey. Retrieved 2021-11-04.

See also

• List of caves in the United States
• List of longest caves in the United States