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| Name | Date Discovered | Comments |
| Gallery | 05/05/1893 | Alvin McDonald and John Stabler. |
| Garden Gate | 07/1/1964 | A climb that requires the caver to climb up one side and then immediately to climb down the other side. Herb and Jan Conn and Dave Schnute. |
| Garden of Eden | 07/07/1891 | An area of the cave with much frostwork and cave popcorn. A.C. McBride and Alvin McDonald. |
| Garden of Eden Landing | 07/13/1995 | The middle elevator landing where the Garden of Eden Tour begins. |
| Garden of Eden Landing | 07/13/1995 | The middle elevator landing where the Garden of Eden Tour begins. |
| Garden of Gods | 07/23/1891 | Charles Holmes, C.F. McBride and Alvin McDonald. |
| Garden Wall - Giant's Coffin | 1901 | |
| Garganell's Castle | 05/27/1984 | Garganel is the villain in the Smurf cartoons. The Smurf Path leads to Garganel's Castle. Mike Babbitt, Warren Netherton and Jim Pisarowicz. |
| Garganell's Dungeon | 06/08/1984 | Garganell is the bad guy in the Smurf TV show. This room is under Garganell's Castle. Reached by way of Smurf Path. Warren Netherton, Jim Pisarowicz and Karen Rosga. |
| Gargoyle, The | 5/3/1984 | |
| Gastropod in Boxwork | 08/18/1971 | A gastropod (snail) is perfectly bisected by a piece of boxwork ìn this area. Located in the ceiling near BB26. Nelson Kuniansky, Steve Nordstrom and John Scharres. |
| Gastropod Gallery | 08/25/1990 | An area with many fossil gastropods in the ceiling, walls, & floor. Jim Nepstad, David Anderson, & Lottie Hufford |
| Gateway Hall | 07/01/1964 | A large chamber that is the "gateway" to the lakes route. A fault has been located in this room which seems to separate the lakes passage from the other parts of Wind Cave. Herb and Jan Conn and Dave Schnute. |
| Gendarme Room | 1974 | |
| Geode Hall | 11/29/1890 | Alvin and J.D. McDonald |
| Geodes Away | 12/15/1986 | A passage with many geodes sticking out of the walls. Jim Pisarowicz and Bob Kobza |
| George's Junction | 05/29/1974 | A junction of two calcite jungle passages. Herb and Jan Conn |
| Ghost Lake | 10/13/1979 | An area which looks like it was at one time a small lake but is now dried up. Ken Allgier, John Scheltens and Mike Wiles. |
| Ghost of a Lost Opportunity | ||
| Ghost of She | 1898 | A pendant (?) on the ceiling of the Bachelor's Quarters and across from the Devils Punchbowl. |
| Ghost Riders Gulch | 12/26/1981 | John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti and Mike Wiles. |
| Giant's Causeway | ||
| Giant's Stone Quarry | Large limestone blocks on the floor in this room look like they have been quarried. Named by the CCC. | |
| Giants Causeway | 08/06/1890 | Just past the Methodist Church on the Historic Route. Alvin McDonald |
| Gilla Bite Cutoff | ||
| Gilla Head | 11/18/1991 | A pendant that resembles the head of a Gila monster. Is station BFL16. Tom Shelby, Spore Meuwissen, Kreg Hamburger, Picter Wycoff, Michael Longo, & Doug Pflugh |
| Glacier | 1901 | Flowstone located on the Cork Screw Path stairs on the Garden of Eden Tour. |
| Gobi Desert | 10/27/1986 | The floor of this passage looks like sand ripples in the desert. Bob Kobza, Jim Pisarowicz and John Scheltens. |
| Golden Way | 11/1/2000 | Rod led an afternoon training trip to resurvey the old UGA survey, which they named the Golden Way after Rod lost his wedding band. Rod Horrocks, Matt Reece, & Ari Juhala |
| Gollum's Den | 07/01/1981 | A small room named after the character "Gollum" from J.R.R. Tolkin's book The Hobbit. Phil Dodge, Tom Sheehan and Mary and Mike Laycock. |
| Gong, The | 02/07/1987 | |
| Good Karma Room | 03/14/1992 | A 40-foot high room with good leads heading in two directions. Verne Carlson, Kevin Smith, Steve Smith, & Becky Ward |
| Gordon Falls | 2/6/1987 | |
| Gordon's Worm Hole | 07/27/1979 | A small 8"-high squeeze at AW2. Phil Dodge, Bill Holmes, and Jim Lindley. |
| Gore Hole | 11/11/2000 | After surveying into a nearby virgin walking passage, they named several new areas, including the Campaign Trail, Battle of the Bulge, and Split Vote. They also named a 20 x 40-foot room the Ballot Box and a large balcony, the Gore Hole. All the names were in reference to the on-going Florida presidential election contest. Evan Anderson, Derek Wolfe, & Shawn Kramer |
| Gorillabox | 02/08/1997 | Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, & Shawn Kramer |
| Gotham City | 09/12/1992 | Stan Allison, Dave Springhetti, Harry Burgess, & Paul Burger |
| Grafitti Room | 10/7/1984 | |
| Grand Army of the Republic Hall | AKA the Assembly Room. | |
| Grand Canyon | 07/?/1964 | Herb Conn, Dave Schnute, and Randy Long |
| Grand View | 07/12/1891 | A.C. McBride and Alvin McDonald. |
| Grand Opera | 1898 | Also known as the Opera House. |
| Granite Boulder Room | 09/24/1984 | A room past the Wretched Hole. Jim Pisarowicz and Warren Netherton? |
| Graveyard | A series of dead end crawls. Surveyed by Janice Hodgkinson, Sue Mooney, Mike Pautiati, ? Throssell. | |
| Grease | 11/23/1991 | A large area with a thin mud coating. Stan Allison, Paul Burger, Bob Kobza, & Jim Erickson. |
| Great False Alarm | 10/27/1986 | This area of the cave has many false floors. As Bob was mapping this passage the floor broke away under his feet. Luckily the drop was only 2 feet. In other areas nearby the drop would have been 30 feet or more. Bob Kobza, Jim Pisarowicz and John Scheltens. |
| Great Green Ball Pit | 12/23/1984 | John Scheltens & Dave Springhetti |
| Great North Passage | 10/27/1986 | A north trending fissure passage. Bob Kobza, Jim Pisarowicz and John Scheltens. |
| Grecian Bend | 1901 | A low ceilinged area before the Second Crossroads. |
| Green Door | 06/07/1986 | The passage out of the Green Room. Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz and John Scheltens. |
| Green Door, Beyond the | 06/07/1986 | A passage beyond a real tight squeeze after the Green Door. Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz and John Scheltens. |
| Green Room | 06/07/1986 | The ceiling in this room has a flat chert bed that is green. Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz and John Scheltens |
| Greyhound | ||
| Groanning Passage | 12/11/1993 | Pat Jablonsky & Sandy Kraemer |
| Groove, The | 07/01/1964 | A slot down the center of this tight passage gives it its names. Herb Conn and Dave Schnute. |
| Grove House | 02/9/1991 | Ed LaRock, Berry Berg, Mike Behn |
| Grunt & Groan | 10/30/1985 | What one has to do to get through this passage. Heidi Grengg, Jim Pisarowicz, Fred Roberts and Lars Virbeck. |
| Grunt Hole | 11/26/1981 | A small hole on the BI survey. J. Hazzen, Mike and Mary Laycock |
| G String, The | 11/18/1987 | Darren Ressler was checking a lead off this junction and returned to say that "it Goes, and Goes, and Goes". Darren Ressler, Jim Pisarowicz, Jim Nepstad, and Bob Kobza. |
| Guide's Discovery | 02/19/1891 | An area of the cave discovered by Alvin McDonald, the "first" cave guide of Wind Cave. Alvin McDonald and J.M. Moore. |
| Gyp-n-Crack Floor | ||
| Gypsum Alley | 07/01/1981 | A crawl with lots of gypsum. Phil Dodge, Tom Sheehan and Mary and Mike Laycock. |
| Gypsum Flower Cul de Sac | 06/13/1992 | A crawl with gypsum flowers that ends in a breakdown choke with a slight wind going through it. Steve Smith, Kevin Smith, & Becky Ward |
| Gypsum Flower Paradise | 02/09/1991 | A dead end passage with lots of gypsum flowers. Skip Withrow, Doug Kent, Jim Wilson, & Mike Frazier |
| Gypsum Flower Pit | ||
| Gypsum Flower Pot | 07/12/1973 | A small room off the main survey with many gypsum flowers. Don Coons, Alvin McLane and John Scheltens. |
| Gypsum Javelin | 05/09/1992 | Randy Macan, John Williams, Becky Ward, & Max Mazur |
| Gypsum Palace | 07/14/1981 | Large quantities of gypsum needles and flowers can be seen in this room. Surveyed by Phil Dodge, Judy Hazen and Pickut W. Kittelson. |
| Gypsum Mummy | ||
| Gypsy Road | 11/16/1991 | A large but windy passage with unbelievable amounts of gypsum crusts, flowers, and crystals everywhere. Also named because Bob is Bohemian (Gypsy). Found by Jim Nepstad, Bob Kobza and Stan Allison |
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