Carlsbad Caverns National Park

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national park protected area tourist attraction

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a U.S. national park in southeastern New Mexico renowned for its vast limestone caves, dramatic underground chambers, and diverse speleothems.

Aliases (4)

Carlsbad Cave National Monument ×1
Carlsbad Cavern ×1
Carlsbad Caverns ×1
Carlsbad Caverns (historic district and cave resources) ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national park → protected area → tourist attraction →
area	approximately 189 square kilometers → approximately 73 square miles →
biome	desert →
contains	Bat Flight Amphitheater → Big Room → Carlsbad Cavern → Lechuguilla Cave → Natural Entrance → Rattlesnake Springs → Slaughter Canyon Cave → Spider Cave → Walnut Canyon Desert Drive →
country	United States →
designation	U.S. national park →
ecosystem	Chihuahuan Desert →
elevationMax	approximately 1,987 meters →
elevationMin	approximately 1,096 meters →
established	1930-05-14 →
geology	karst → limestone →
hasActivity	cave tours → hiking → ranger-led programs →
hasFeature	columns → draperies → flowstone → helictites → soda straws → stalactites → stalagmites →
hasVisitorCenter	Carlsbad Caverns Visitor Center →
hasWildlife	Brazilian free-tailed bat →
iucnCategory	II →
knownFor	Big Room chamber → bat flights → large underground chambers → limestone caves → speleothems →
locatedIn	New Mexico →
locatedInCounty	Eddy County →
locatedInRegion	southeastern New Mexico →
managedBy	National Park Service →
nearestCity	Carlsbad, New Mexico →
partOf	United States National Park System →
previousDesignation	Carlsbad Cave National Monument →
previousDesignationDate	1923-10-25 →
worldHeritageCriteria	natural →
worldHeritageInscriptionYear	1995 →
worldHeritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Carlsbad Caverns National Park ("Carlsbad Cavern") → Eddy County → National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico ("Carlsbad Caverns (historic district and cave resources)") → Southwestern United States →	contains
New Mexico →	hasNationalPark
Eddy County →	hasProtectedArea
Eddy County ("Carlsbad Caverns") →	knownFor
Carlsbad Caverns National Park ("Carlsbad Cave National Monument") →	previousDesignation