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 this as the longest underwater cave in the United States and the fourth largest in the world at a total of 28 miles (45 km) of surveyed passages.
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