Lechuguilla Cave
Lechuguilla Cave is a cave in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico, United States, known for its unusual geology, rare formations, and pristine condition.Photo: Dave Bunnell, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Eddy County, New Mexico, U.S.
Lechuguilla Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Eddy, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.19064° or 32° 11′ 26″ northLongitude
-104.50331° or 104° 30′ 12″ westElevation
4,626 feet (1,410 metres)Open location code
854Q5FRW+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 4149995089OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q387771
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Lechuguilla Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف ليتشوجويلا”
- Basque: “Lechuguilla leizea”
- Catalan: “Cova Lechuguilla”
- Catalan: “Lechuguilla Cave”
- Chinese: “莱丘吉亚洞穴”
- Chinese: “雷修古拉洞穴”
- Czech: “Jeskyně Lechuguilla”
- Dutch: “Lechuguilla-grot”
- Dutch: “Lechuguillagrot”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف ليتشوجويلا”
- Esperanto: “Kaverno Lechuguilla”
- Finnish: “Lechuguilla”
- French: “grotte de Lechuguilla”
- French: “Grotte de Lechuguilla”
- German: “Lechuguilla-Höhle”
- Greek: “Σπήλαιο Λετσουγκίλα”
- Hebrew: “מערת לצ’וגיה”
- Hungarian: “Lechuguilla-barlang”
- Japanese: “レチュギア洞窟”
- Japanese: “レチュギラ洞窟”
- Javanese: “Guwa Lechuguilla”
- Korean: “레추기야 동굴”
- Persian: “غار لچوگیا”
- Polish: “Lechuguilla Cave”
- Russian: “Лечугилья”
- Russian: “Лечугия”
- Spanish: “Cueva Lechuguilla”
- Swedish: “Lechuguilla”
- Turkish: “Lechuguilla Mağarası”
- Vietnamese: “Hang Lechuguilla”
- “Lechuguilla Cave”
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Highlights include Lowe Tank and Carlsbad Caverns National Park Visitor Center.
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