Ponderosa cave system
Area: Puerto Aventuras
Length: 15,300 m
Maximum depth: 20.4 m
This cave system has both freshwater and saltwater zones with the halocline beginning at 10 m. There are vivid displays of fresh water drainage. The saltwater areas are typical examples of white Swiss cheese while the fresh water shows much in decorations and speleothems.
Exploration
1999 - Butch Boggess, Bruce Campbell, Jose A. Cid, Nancy DeRosa, Tony DeRosa, Pablo Diaz, Donn Ellerbrock, Hilary Foulkes, Ron Fraga, Steve Gerrard, Herve Gordon, Harry Hicks, James Hobbs, Kate M. Lewis, Dann Patterson, Benja Sacristán, Steve Serras, Greg Such, Charles Toth
1999 Ponderosa resurvey team.
2008-2014 - Aaron Addison, Fred Devos, Mason Earles, Dan Green, Vince Massey, Sam Meacham, Bob Osborn, Peter Sprouse
Survey of Cenote Corral Well. Dates as given on the map: 2008-05 - 2014-04.
2013-2014 - Stan Allison, Gosia Allison-Kosior, Frank Binney, Kirsten Fawcett, Aida Ferreira, Andrea Futrell, Nico Hauwert, Tara Hauwert, Devra Heyer, Andy Koch, Barbara Luke, Gabriela Martínez, Kayleen McMonigal, Ben Schwartz, Cori Schwartz, Zach Schwartz, Peter Sprouse, Terri Sprouse, Jacinto Vela, Susan Wall, Mario Zabaleta, Matthew Zappitello, Saj Zappitello
Survey of Cech Chen. Dates as given on the map: 2013-08 - 2014-12.
2014-08 - D. Mayor, Alain Pocobelli
Shelley Baker, Bernd Birnbach, Guy Bryant, Nancy DeRosa*, Tony DeRosa*, Fred Devos, Steve Gerrard*, Craig LaPorte, Gary Lemme, Dan Lins, Mike Madden, Steve Pittman, Harve Thorn*, Toni Thorn*, Gary Walten*, Kay Pozda Walten*, Germán Yáñez Mendoza, members of the French Cave Diving Federation
Known cave explorers ( principal explorers). Total surveyed passages 14,931 m; max depth 16.6 m.
Caves
- Azul
- Boa
- Corral
- Cristalino
- Kantun Chi
- Little Joe
- Ponderosa
- Repair Shop
- Sask Leem Ha
- Uchil Ha
- Uchil Ha (small oval south of its label)
- Unnamed cenote east of Azul (north)
- Unnamed cenote east of Azul (south)
- Unnamed cenote east of Cristalino
- Xochacalico (second pool)
- Zacil