Английская Википедия:Boyden Cavern

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Boyden Cavern is a show cave located in the Giant Sequoia National Monument of the Sequoia National Forest, along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Fresno County, California.[1] It is just west of Kings Canyon National Park.

Cavern

The cave is a solutional cave formed in Mesozoic marble (metamorphosed limestone).[2] It is a cave with many varieties of natural speleothems, including rare "shield" formations. Boyden Cave or Boyden Cavern is located in the deepest river cut canyon of the United States, the Шаблон:Convert deep Kings Canyon. Шаблон:Citation needed The cave entrance lies beneath the Шаблон:Convert high marble walls of the famous Portals of the Kings,[3] near the Kings River.

Tours

Regular tours of the cave are given by a licensed guide company from the last Friday in April to mid November.[4] The tour includes the Pancake Room, a stalactite group called the Upside Down City, and a flowstone formation called Mother Nature's Wedding Cake. In the Bat Grotto bats spend summer days sleeping. The Drapery Room contains curtains, soda straws and helictites. The tour ends at a small subterranean stream. Шаблон:Convert of the cave have been mapped.[2]

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