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Cueva Alfredo Jahn Natural Monument
Monumento Natural Cueva Alfredo Jahn
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
Map showing the location of Cueva Alfredo Jahn Natural Monument Monumento Natural Cueva Alfredo JahnMap showing the location of Cueva Alfredo Jahn Natural Monument Monumento Natural Cueva Alfredo JahnLocation
LocationVenezuela
Coordinates10°28′33″N 66°16′28″W / 10.47583°N 66.27444°W / 10.47583; -66.27444
Area0.58 km (0.22 sq mi)
EstablishedDecember 12, 1978 (1978-12-12)

The Cueva Alfredo Jahn Natural Monument (Spanish: Monumento Natural Cueva Alfredo Jahn), also known as the Alfredo Jahn Cave Natural Monument or Tapa de Cambural Cave, is a protected area with the status of a natural monument located 4 km west of the town of Birongo, Miranda State, at the eastern end of the Coastal Range of the Cordillera de la Costa. With a 4.29 km gallery development, it is the largest cave in central Venezuela, the sixth in all of Venezuela, and one of the most visited in the country.

It was decreed a Natural Monument on December 12, 1978, with Decree No. 2989 published in the Official Gazette No. 2417 of March 7, 1979. The monument was named in honor of Alfredo Jahn, a pioneer of various scientific disciplines in Venezuela, such as geography, topography, astronomy, anthropology, linguistics, and botany, and who was also the founder of the Venezuelan Society of Natural Sciences.

The Alfredo Jahn Cave is a moist and still active cave formed by the action of the Cambural Gorge. Its calcite walls are covered with spectacular stalagmites, stalactites, and columns, which reach their maximum development in the Hall of the Chaguaramo or Hall of the Rain.

The temperature inside the cave ranges between 22 °C and 26 °C. The cave is surrounded by a pre-montane seasonal semideciduous forest and presents three dense tree layers.

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References

  1. Monumento natural cueva Alfredo Jahn
  2. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de la Historia (in Spanish). Academia Nacional de la Historia. January 1, 1987.
  3. Revista geográfica venezolana: Revista del Instituto de Geografía y Conservación de Recursos Naturales de la Facultad de Ciencias Forestales (in Spanish). Universidad de los Andes. January 1, 1983.
  4. Guía ecoturística de Venezuela (in Spanish). Miro Popić Editor C.A. January 1, 1998.
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