Speleology in Panama
Keith Christenson, Jorge Luis Pino, and Donald McFarlane. 2003. Initial Investigations into the Caves of the Chiriqui Province. Nittany Grotto News. October 339-405p.
ABSTRACT. An international team of four speleologists located and investigated eight caves during July of 2001, in the province of Chiriquí, Panama. Cueva en el Cerro Punta was shown to be the highest known cave in Panama at 2,174 meters elevation above mean sea level, although only 43 meters long. Cueva de Portón becomes the second longest surveyed cave in Panama at 707 meters, and appears to be threatened by a quarry. With nothing to compare against, hueco de los Duendes becomes the deepest cave in Panama at 22 meters. Bats were encountered in five caves, although none of the caves explored possessed extraordinary untered included Carollia perspicillata, Desmodus rotundus, Phyllostomus hastatus, and Peropterix sp.
ABSTRACT. An international team of four speleologists located and investigated eight caves during July of 2001, in the province of Chiriquí, Panama. Cueva en el Cerro Punta was shown to be the highest known cave in Panama at 2,174 meters elevation above mean sea level, although only 43 meters long. Cueva de Portón becomes the second longest surveyed cave in Panama at 707 meters, and appears to be threatened by a quarry. With nothing to compare against, hueco de los Duendes becomes the deepest cave in Panama at 22 meters. Bats were encountered in five caves, although none of the caves explored possessed extraordinary untered included Carollia perspicillata, Desmodus rotundus, Phyllostomus hastatus, and Peropterix sp.