🌲 Wind Cave National Park

United States · Americas · National Park · 43.56°N, 103.48°W

Wind Cave National Park is a national park of the United States located 10 miles (16 km) north of the town of Hot Springs in western South Dakota. Established on January 3, 1903 by President Theodore Roosevelt, it was the sixth national park in the U.S. and the first cave to be designated a national park anywhere in the world. The cave has calcite formations known as boxwork, as well as frostwork. Approximately 95 percent of the world's discovered boxwork formations are found in Wind Cave.

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Quick facts

Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	43.56°N, 103.48°W · view on map

Wind Cave National Park is a national park in United States, in Americas. The details of why Wind Cave National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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