Barton Creek Cave

Barton Creek Cave is a natural cave in Belize [1]. It is located in the upper Barton Creek area near San Ignacio in the Cayo District [1]. Barton Creek Cave is a primarily single-passage resurging stream cave [1]. By 2002 a cave survey had been completed by the Western Belize Regional Cave Project, recording a total of 6,400 m (21,000 ft) of passages; dye traces at sinking streams above the cave indicated that there could be a further 6 km (3.7 mi) of cave passages beyond the terminal sumps [1]. By 2005 the Xibalba Mapping and Exploration Team had extended the survey to 8 km (5.0 mi) [1]. In the early 1970s, several Mennonites from the nearby Mennonite community floated a short distance into Barton Creek Cave on oil drums [1]. They found human bones not far from the cave entrance [1].