Wakulla-Leon Sinks Cave System
On Dec 15, 2007, the connection between the Wakulla cave system and Leon Sinks cave system was made by members of the Woodville Karst Plain Project to create the Wakulla-Leon Sinks Cave System. This connection established the system as the longest underwater cave in the United States and the fourth largest in the world at a total of 28 miles of surveyed passages.
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