Jackson's Bay Cave


Jackson's Bay Cave is a very large cave system on the Portland Ridge in Clarendon near the south coast of Jamaica. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful in the Caribbean. It was discovered in 1964. Over 10 kilometres of caves have since been mapped.

History

Pottery shards, rock carvings and rock paintings suggest that the caves were used by the Arawak Indians or Taínos.

Fossils

A specimen of the extinct Jamaican monkey was found by an American Museum of Natural History expedition c. 1993-1996. Fossil remains of the Jamaican flightless ibis and the Jamaican caracara have also been found there.