Английская Википедия:Haitón del Guarataro

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The Haitón del Guarataro is a solutional cave system in the Sierra de San Luis in Falcón State, Venezuela, Шаблон:Convert south-east of Curimagua. It is the deepest limestone cave in Venezuela,[1] and the entrance is a tourist attraction within the Juan Crisóstomo Falcón National Park.[2] A large entrance shaft Шаблон:Convert in diameter leads via drops of Шаблон:Convert, Шаблон:Convert, and Шаблон:Convert to a stream passage which follows the dip down for a distance of about Шаблон:Convert to the north to where it eventually chokes. An upstream passage is intercepted which runs south for about Шаблон:Convert to the base of a shaft. The cave has a depth of Шаблон:Convert, and a total passage length of Шаблон:Convert. It was first explored and surveyed in April 1973 by members of the Venezuela '73 British Karst Research Expedition.[3][4] It is formed in Oligocene reefal limestone.[5]

A faunal survey was undertaken during the exploration of the cave, but only a few cavernicoles were recorded. They included cave crickets, phalangodid harvestmen, a depigmented troglophile garnmarid shrimp (Hyalella meinerti) found in a large pool, and a troglobitic trichopolydesmid millipede found on the roof of the terminal chamber.[6]

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Three people sitting down at an underground camp site surrounded by their equipment
Camping on a ledge at -223 metres during the 1973 explorations

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