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| Name | Date Discovered | Comments |
| Magical Kingdom, The | 05/04/1981 | Llyn Peabody, Rich Oilman, Steve Matson, Alex Kazarinof |
| Magic Hole | 03/15/1980 | The so called "magic hole" which led to the Spaghetti Bowl and eventually the Silent Expressway. Ken Allgier, John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti and Mike Wiles. |
| Mamie's Pool | 09/29/1893 | Named after Mayme Sprague, one of the first people to have entered Wind Cave. Alvin McDonald and John Stabler. |
| Mammoth Canyon | 08/31/1969 | A high fissure passage. Also known as the Citadel. Ken Carpenter and Richard Knox. |
| Mammoth Dome | 07/29/1891 | A.C. McBride and Alvin McDonald |
| Mammoth Falls | 07/23/1891 | Charles Holmes, C.F. McBride, and Alvin McDonald. |
| Mammoth Galleries | 07/09/1891 | An area of wide, high fissure passages. Alvin McDonald |
| Mammoth's Backbone | 10/22/1986 | This large trunk passage has a ridge of smooth redissolved breakdown down its center somewhat like a backbone. Bob Kobza and Jim Pisarowicz |
| Manhole | 07/12/1977 | This pit is the main route down to City Sewer, hence the name. ? Galligar, ? O'Sullivan, Jeri Kizer, Jim Palmer, & P. Kittleson ? |
| Map Room | 05/29/2001 | This room has a flat, chert ceiling with manganese dendrites that resemble a line plot map of Wind Cave. Rod Horrocks, Dave, Ryan & Jordan Shurtz |
| Marble Palace | 06/22/1891 | A large room with lots of rocks and dust that is also known as the Bachelor's Quarters or A.O.U.W. Hall (Association of United Workingmen. M.E. Crookam and Alvin McDonald |
| Marble Quarry | 1898 | A large room with lots of rocks and dust that is also known as the Bachelor's Quarters or A.O.U.W. Hall (Association of United Workingmen). |
| Martel's Madhouse | 02/02/1980 | Named after Windy City Grotto caver Ron Martel. He was the first to enter the area, which is a confusing maze of interconnecting passages that end in a large room. John Scheltens and Dave Springhetti |
| Masonic Temple | 11/26/1890 | The original name of this room was Sceneries of Wicklow and later the Temple. R.B. Moss and Alvin McDonald |
| Master Budda | 05/13/2000 | A large sediment cone "buddha" located below a dome. |
| Master Room | 8/01/1971 | A very large room. Chris Hill |
| Mausoleum | 04/27/1893 | Alvin McDonald and John Stabler |
| Max Headroom | 04/21/1987 | A really tight lead, so tight you cannot get your head through. Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz and Darren Ressler |
| Mayan Mound Room | 02/09/1991 | Jim Nepstad, Mike Paulick, Bob Kobza, & Louise Hose |
| McBride's Tumble | 07/17/1891 | Named after C.F. McBride who took a fall at this location. Charles Holmes, C.F. McBride and Alvin McDonald |
| McKinley Memorial Hall | 1901 | A high fissure passage lined with boxwork. Earlier named Kimball's Music Hall. Could be what is now called Browns Canyon. |
| McRoom | 03/07/1988 | A 30-foot wide by 5-foot high room originally discovered by Alvin and Elmer McDonald and C.F. McBride on July 10, 1891. There names were found in the corrosion residue in the ceiling. Surveyed by Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler, & Erik Major |
| Meat Grinder Crawlway | 08/01/1970 | John Scheltens & ? |
| M.E. CHURCH | 1901 | A room that Rev. Hancher from the Black Hills Methodist College held a song and prayer service in. A rock on the left resembles a pulpit. |
| Mercedes Pit | 08/03/1999 | A 22-foot deep domepit in the Roman Catacombs area with passages going off at the top, middle, and bottom of the pit. The cross section of the pit resembles the Mercedes emblem. Surveyed by Rod Horrocks, Graham Hogg, John-Paul Sicotte, & Rainer Engler |
| Mermaid's Resort | 1901 | Right after the Standing Rock Chamber on the Candlelight Tour. |
| Merry-go-Round | 07/03/1891 | This fissure passage was discovered on July 3, 1891 by M.E. Crookam, Willie Crookam, George Lee, and Alvin McDonald. This route was used to climb to the Fairgrounds before the Marble Quarry route was developed. Also known as the Alpine Way or the Crevice. M.E. Crookam, Willie Crookam, George Lee, and Alvin McDonald |
| Mesa Hundido | 07/17/1973 | Herb & Jan Conn |
| Mesopotamia | 04/19/1987 | An area where there is lots of evidence of flooding. Named because it is the "flood plains of the birth of new cave". Chris Gerow & Pete Smerud |
| Methodist Church | Named for some of the boxwork in this room that is in the shape of a cross. Named in 1934 by members of the CCC. See M.E. Church. | |
| Michaels Memorial Crawl | 03/12/2000 | Hazel Barton, Ken Neville, Dan Preston |
| Michael's Misery | 08/1/1970 | An incredibly tight, dead-end crawl. John Scheltens |
| Mikes Grunt Hole | 06/07/1996 | A small squeeze at BI26 that Mike couldn't fit through. Abigail Wines and Mike Bray |
| Milk Route | 02/09/1991 | Jim Nepstad, Mike Paulick, Bob Kobza, & Louise Hose |
| Milky Way | Also called Snow Ball Hall because of the abundance of cave popcorn in this passage. | |
| Miller Time | 12/14/1991 | Stan Allison, Harry Burgess, Doug Kent |
| Milliner's Avenue | 01/12/1891 | Alvin and Elmer McDonald and Melvin Moore |
| Milton's Study | ||
| Milwaukee Beer Garden | 07/12/1891 | Alvin McDonald and A.C. McBride |
| Mind Boggler | 11/27/1999 | A 200-foot long walking passage partially floored with calcified mud cracks. Named after Rod Horrocks kept saying, "This is Mind Boggling!" Half of the passage had been scooped by a single person, probably Herb or Jan Conn in the 1960's and the other half was virgin. Rod Horrocks, Marc Ohms and Brad Oen. |
| Ming's Merciless Crawl | 11/27/1982 | A very tight crawlway pushed by Ken Allgier to a dead-end. Named after the villain in the Flash Gordon comic strip. Ken Allgier, Dave Springhetti and John Scheltens. |
| Minihaha Falls | A seasonally, wet, drippy area with some flowstone near the Mules Ears. There is an upper and lower component. | |
| Mini-Megalith Room | 01/?/1992? | Rich Wolfert, Bob Stucklen, Dave Lester, Randy Brown |
| Minivan Hall | ||
| Les Miserables | 09/28/1991 | An awkward tight constriction. Jim Nepstad, Mike Wiles, Stan Allison, & Paul Burger |
| Misleading Chamber | 06/12/1985 | A lead going off a previously known area that was so badly depicted on maps that when the survey party started into the passage they did not know which passage they were in. Larry Johnson, Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz and Darren Ressler. |
| Misplaced Pit | 04/20/1981 | A 20-foot pit that the explorers seemed to have "misplaced" while mapping in this area. Liz Chapman, Cory Crawford, Steve Matson and Kathy Raymond |
| Model Room | 07/03/1891 | A model of this room was once displayed in the visitors center. This room is also known a Odd Fellows Hall because of the three solution pockets in the ceiling that look like the interlocking rings of the Odd Fellows. Willie and M.E. Crookam, George Lee and Alvin McDonald |
| Moist & Crunchy | 02/12/2000 | A series of overlying rift passages on the east edge of Half Mile Hall. Evan Anderson, Stephanie Haderlie, Phil Kriz, Christy Harrison |
| Monolith Hall | Large stone spires in this room give it its name. Members of the Colorado Grotto. | |
| Monster Rock | 07/1/1972 | Don Coons |
| Monte Cristos Diamond | 1898 | A vug of quartz crystals in Monte Cristos Palace. |
| Monte Cristo's Palace | 01/12/1891 | Named after the classic book, Count of Monte Cristo. Surveyed by John Scheltens and Alvin McLane on 07/29/1973. Alvin and Elmer McDonald and Melvin Moore |
| Monument Hall | 06/05/1884 | A large fissure passage that is located under, and runs parallel to the passage leading to the Devil's Lookout. This was the furthest extent of exploration in Wind Cave until the arrival of the McDonald family. L.C. Faris, Frank Halden and Charlie Roe |
| Moon River Falls | 03/20/1976 | An area with a nice display of flowstone, stalactites and stalagmites. Surveyed by Bruce Zerr and team. |
| Morgue, The | Spring 1985 | A large room with a rat skeleton at the entrance, near station UK57. Jim Nepstad, Walt Kaminski, & Marvin Zaskie |
| Mosaics | 01/08/2000 | Evan Anderson, Pat Roberson, Shawn Kramer, & Micah Ball |
| Motel 6 | ||
| Mother Pucker | 10/12/1991 | This dome opens upward and ended after a crazy 140-foot climb by Stan where he nearly killed himself when he used a loop of webbing to swing onto a ledge above a 100-foot pit. Stan Allison, Paul Burger, Bob Kobza, & Jim Nepstad |
| Mound Builder's Rest | 01/12/1891 | Alvin and Elmer McDonald and Melvin Moore |
| Mountain Room | 1971? | A pile of breakdown gives this room its name. John Scheltens, Chris ?, Nelson Kuniansky, and Mark Stock |
| Moses Beard | Gypsum hairs growing out of the wall of the cave resemble a beard. | |
| MP Room | 07/10/1973 | Don Coons & ? Banning |
| Mrs. Williams Birth Canal | 11/21/1985 | A tight crawl that led into Mrs. Williams Womb. John Gookin, Jim Pisarowicz, Matt Soete and Geoff Williams |
| Mrs. Williams Womb | 11/21/1985 | John Gookin, Jim Pisarowicz, Matt Soete and Geoff Williams |
| Mucilage Dome | ||
| Mudd Crack Flats | 07/09/1973 | A low, flat area with dried mud on the floor. Rick Banning, Don Coons and Alvin McLane. |
| Muddle Room | This room gets its name from the large number of leads leaving it. Herb and Jan Conn | |
| Mudflats, The | 07/31/1985 | A lower-level area with low, flat areas of dried mud. Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz and Karen Rosga |
| Mud River | 08/25/1990 | A slope of dried mud with 12-inch curved cusps. Garry Petrie, Ted Lappin, & Pat Seiser |
| Mud Tunnel | 07/13/1973 | Don Coons, Andy Flurkey, & Alvin McLane |
| Mule's Ears | 06/15/1972 | These flowstone draperies that resemble mule's ears. Nelson Kuniansky and Mark Stock |
| Multi-Purpose Room | A large room located on the MP ("Multi-Purpose") survey. Andy Flurkey and Mark Stock | |
| Munchkins Gendarme Room | 12/29/1971 | Mike Francik, Carole Loskot and Mark Stock |
| Museum | 03/15/1980 | Named for the pale white rock sculptures which decorate the room. Ken Allgier, John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti and Mike Wiles |
| Musch Room | 06/11/1994 | Hazel Barton, Bruce Albright, & John Ekeberg |
| Mush-Room | 8/1/1971 | A mushroom-shaped rock is located along the MR ("mush-room") survey.Bob Cowin and John Scheltens |
| Music Appreciation Area | When tapped, boxwork fins in this area emit musical tones*.Art Cook, Bob and Linda Cowin and Nelson Kuniansky.*Such behavior should not be done in caves as speleothems, such as boxwork, are very fragile and may be damaged by tapping them. | |
| MWA Hall | 1898 | |
| Myan Mound Room | ||
| Mystery Lake | 09/15/1979 | John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti and Mike Wiles. |
| Mystic Hall | 07/19/1972 | A large passage that runs parallel to Half Mile Hall. Rick Banning and Nelson Kuniansky |
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