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Where are Skull Caves located?
Skull Caves are associated with Mount Suswa in Kenya. The caves are volcanic lava tubes within the mountain's unusual underground landscape.
Why are they called Skull Caves?
The name comes from animal skeletal remains historically found inside the cave system. Those remains gave the caves their distinctive skull-related name.
Are Skull Caves made from lava?
Yes, Skull Caves are lava tubes formed by volcanic activity at Mount Suswa. Lava tubes develop when the outside of a flow hardens while molten lava continues moving beneath it.
What makes Skull Caves different from ordinary limestone caves?
Skull Caves are volcanic caves, not solution caves formed when acidic water dissolves limestone. Their passages were created by basaltic lava flows associated with Mount Suswa.
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