This national park (designated in 1941) consists of a large limestone cave in central Kentucky, USA. It covers an area of 208 km2. It contains ruins of ancient Indians, but was discovered by whites in 1798. It gained instant fame when the American army used the saltpeter in the caves as a raw material for gunpowder, which was in short supply during the Second War of 1812-14. The complex chain of limestone caves, including Mammoth Cave and Flint Cave, stretches to a total of 252 km in length, as far as we know now. The Echo River flows through the caves. Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
アメリカ合衆国ケンタッキー州中部の大鍾乳洞からなる国立公園(1941指定)。面積208km2。古代インディアンの遺跡がみられるが,1798年に白人にも知られ,1812‐14年の第2次英米戦争の際,アメリカ軍がこの洞穴内の硝石を不足していた火薬の原料としたことで一躍有名となった。マンモス洞,フリント洞などの鍾乳洞が複雑な形で連続し,現在わかっているだけでも総延長は252kmに達する。洞内をエコー川が流れている。
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