Mammoth Cave National Park | Cave system, limestone, Kentucky

Mammoth Cave National Park, national park containing an extensive system of limestone caverns in west-central Kentucky, U.S. It was designated a World Heritage site in 1981. The park, authorized in 1926 but fully established only on July 1, 1941, occupies a surface area of 83 square miles (215

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