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Crag Cave
The Big Stalactite in Crag Cave
LocationCastleisland, County Kerry, Ireland
Coordinates52°14′49″N 9°26′42″W / 52.247°N 9.445°W / 52.247; -9.445
Length3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi)
DiscoveryEntrance pre-1859
Passages 1981–1985
GeologyLimestone
Entrances1
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Crag Cave is a cave in Ireland, located just outside Castleisland, County Kerry.

Formed in elevated limestone rock, the system extends to 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) of surveyed passage, on two levels.[1] It is the 7th-longest cave system in the Republic of Ireland, and the 10th-longest in the whole of Ireland.[2]

  1. ^ Jones, Gareth Ll. (November 1995). "The Crag Cave and Associated Karst". Irish Speleology. 15. Speleological Union of Ireland: 20–21. ISSN 0332-4907.
  2. ^ "RO Ireland: Longest Caves". UK Caves. Retrieved 13 December 2010.

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