“The Organ” Gasparee Caves, Trinidad
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-03-12T13:25:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-03-12T13:25:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-03-12T13:25:28Z | |
| dc.description | Colour: Sepia; Style: Landscape; Other: Bordered, Divided | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Gasparee Caves are an intriguing network of underground caves on Gasparee Island, also known as Gaspar Grande, off the north–west coast of Trinidad. The island is composed of limestone and a combination of wave action, rainfall and percolating ground-water has dissolved the limestone crafting sinkholes and sculptures in the caves and caverns. In this vintage photograph we see a cave with stalactites, icicle-like land formations, coming from the roof of the cave and stalagmites, conical formations, growing up from the cave’s floor. The two meet to form a column and this amazing sculpture looks like an organ. The caves are one of Trinidad’s tourist attractions. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Funding for this project has been provided by Mrs. Irma E. Goldstraw. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/6322 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.rights | Please contact the Main Library, The University of the West Indies for permission to use the digitized images. wimail@sta.uwi.edu | en |
| dc.subject | Trinidad and Tobago | en |
| dc.subject | Postcards | en |
| dc.subject | Caves--Trinidad and Tobago | en |
| dc.subject | Stalactites and stalagmites--Trinidad and Tobago | en |
| dc.subject | Islands--Trinidad and Tobago | en |
| dc.subject.other | Gaspar Grande | sp |
| dc.subject.other | Gasparee | en |
| dc.title | “The Organ” Gasparee Caves, Trinidad | en |
| dc.type | Image | en |