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The Guácharo Cave National Park (Spanish: ''Parque Nacional Cueva del Guácharo'') is located 12 km from the town of Caripe, Monagas, Venezuela. It has as its centerpiece a large limestone cave. The cave was visited in 1799 by Alexander von Humboldt, who realised that the thousands of oilbirds (''guácharos'' in Spanish; scientific name ''Steatornis caripensis'') which live in the cave belonged to a species unknown to science. Humboldt named the frugivorous, nocturnal species after the town of Caripe.〔 * ''Le voyage aux régions equinoxiales du Nouveau Continent, fait en 1799-1804'', Alexandre de Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland (Paris, 1807, etc.); * ''Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799-1804'' (London, 1814, etc.); * ''Die Reise in die Äquinoktial-Gegenden des Neuen Continents in den Jahren 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 und 1804'', Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland (Vienna, 1827, etc.)〕 == The cave == The cave is a limestone cavern over 10 km long, with a number of large chambers and spectacular rock formations. The temperature inside the cave generally remains near 19 °C and the humidity at 100%. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cueva del Guácharo National Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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