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| Name | Date Discovered | Comments |
| Obleo Passage | 11/02/1987 | This large passage was very sharp and pointed because of all the boxwork. Obleo is the boy in a TV program who lived in the Land of Point and was not pointed. Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz and Darren Ressler |
| Obnoxious Fissure | 06/11/1994 | A narrow ascending fissure with ceiling heights that vary from 6'-20'. Paul Burger, Doug Kent, Mark McVey, & Sean Durrum |
| Octopus Garden | 01/19/1991 | Jim Nepstad, Bob Kobza, & Stan Allison |
| Odd Fellows Hall | 07/03/1891 | In the ceiling of this room are three solution pockets that look like the interlocking rings of the Odd Fellows. Also known as the Model Room. Alvin McDonald, M.E. and Willie Crookin and George Lee |
| OF Pit | 08/1/1971 | A deep pit located on the OF (Oh F_ _k) survey that was named after the discovers comment on looking down the pit. Chris Hill |
| Off Ramp | 12/06/1980 | A long, upward sloping passage off of the Silent Expressway. Ken Allgier, John Scheltens and Dave Springhetti |
| OH Hole | 07/31/1988 | A room on the OH survey. Jim Nepstad was the only one not wearing a yellow helmet (he had orange), they named the survey the Orange Helmet survey. Jim Nepstad, Bill Rodgers, Darren Ressler, Joelle Selk |
| OH Flow Freeway | 07/31/1988 | A wall with three-foot long soda straws, lots of flowstone and stalagmites, and a five-foot tall column on the OH survey. Jim Nepstad was the only one not wearing a yellow helmet (he had orange), they named the survey the Orange Helmet survey. Jim Nepstad, Bill Rodgers, Darren Ressler, Joelle Selk |
| OK Corral | 10/12/1992 | Myk Coughlin, Mike Wiles, Stan Allison and Paul Burger |
| Omaha Avenue | 01/19/1987 | Newspapers from Omaha, Nebraska were found in this area of the cave. Surveyed by Joe Austin, Mike Bailey, Chris Gerow and Karen Rosga |
| Omaha Bee Office | 07/04/1891 | Alvin McDonald, M.E. and Willie Crookam and George Lee on |
| Omnibus Hall | A room with many features (stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, frostwork, & paleofill). This was the first large room found after the Spillway opened up the western areas of what we now know of Wind Cave. Herb and Jan Conn and Dave Schnute | |
| One False Step | 10/22/1986 | An area with 20-foot deep false floors. Bob Kobza and Jim Pisarowicz |
| One Mans Room | 08/14/1993 | A small room just large enough for one person. Vi Schweiker, Evan Anderson, & Sean Lermore |
| Opera House | ||
| Orange Bowl | 01/01/1991 | Jim Nepstad, Bob Kobza, & Stan Allison |
| Orphanage | 02/09/1991 | Jim Nepstad, Bob Kobza, Louise Hose, & Mike Paulick |
| Orpheus' Pipe Connection | 08/27/1978 | Tom Miller, Pam Burns, & Chas Yonge |
| Ossuary, The | 08/18/1992 | An area with lots of bones on the FU survey. Stacy Smyth, Brian Smith, Meg Lamm, Brad Menninga, Dianna Wiggam |
| Other Side, The | 11/16/1991 | Discovered by Bob after Jim and Stan finished lunch early and headed down the two good leads out of the room they were in, leaving Bob with the small hole, which actually led to the large room. It was the first big room after 500 feet, the "Other Side". Jim Nepstad, Stan Allison, & Bob Kobza |
| Otter Slide | 11/8/1984 | |
| Ott Pit | 04/13/1996 | Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Mark McVey |
| Oven, The | The east/west trending passage at the bottom of the spiral stairs near the entrance. Alvin called all of the small connector passages "ovens". Alvin McDonald | |
| Overland Trail | 08/05/1973 | A passage that leaves the Cairn Room and travels overland to Monte Cristo's Palace. Phil Dodge, Bill Holmes, Jim Palmer and Les Talbot |
| Oyster Trap | 09/22/1986 | The survey in this area consisted of many short shots. At lunch Karen Rosga had a can of oysters which she shared with Jim Pisarowicz. Mary Laycock was situated between Jim and Karen while surveying and complained about being trapped by the odor of oysters. Mary Laycock, Jim Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler and Karen Rosga |
| Name | Date Discovered | Comments |
| Quasimotto's Chamber | 01/22/1987 | A 30-foot high dome that the explorers had to crawl to get to. |
| Queen's Drawing Room | 1901 | A room where boxwork is found on walls, some as deep as two feet. |
| Queen of Sheba's Head Dress | Named for the abundance of flatly bedded boxwork in this room that has the appearance of drawing tables. |
| Name | Date Discovered | Comments |
| Udder Room | 04/10/1993 | Max Mazur, John Coyne III, & Mike Mazur |
| Ugly Crawl | 07/28/1984 | A nasty 25-foot long crawl with air movement. John Scheltens & Dave Springhetti |
| Unclimbable Pit | 11/23/1991 | A drop Paul jumped into a large virgin room he wanted to name Leap of Blind Faith (named Blind Faith). Bob and Stan rescued him via the Rescue Route after several hours of searching for another way around the pit. |
| Under Hill and Dale | 05/30/1992 | Jim Nepstad, Stan Allison, Mike Wiles & Myk Coughlin |
| Union College | 0703/1891 | M.E. and Willie Crookan, George Lee and Alvin McDonald |
| University Heights | 1898 | A high fissure passage on the Candlelight Tour Route. |
| Upper Road D | 12/15/1984 | This fissure passage has both an upper and lower component. The passage is named after Assistant Chief Naturalist (and Cave Specialist) Kay Rohde (pronounced "Row-D"). Warren Netherton & Jim Pisarowicz |
| Upper Rome | The western extension of Rome. | |
| Upper Specimen Route | 02/18/1891 | In this part of the cave the McDonald and Stabler families mined frostwork and popcorn to sell to tourists. Alvin McDonald and J.M. Moore |
| Up Skinny Bop | ||
| Urinal Passage | 07/24/1972 | Mark Stock, Andy Pilarski, & Mike Francik |
| Name | Date Discovered | Comments |
| Van Gogh's Gallery | 07/19/1972 | Named for a series of concentric swirls in the ceiling of the room made up of many colors. Rick Banning and Nelson Kuniansky |
| Van Gogh Hall | 07/01/1971 | A passage with van gogh weathering in the ceiling. John Schelten, Nelson Kuniansky, & Andy Flurkey |
| Vandalism Room | 11/29/1986 | A really beautiful room just off the Fairgrounds which, unfortunately, has been heavily vandalized with names written and carved into its walls. Most of the vandalism dates from the 1930's. Surveyed by Dave Gerboth, Jim Pisarowicz and Karen Rosga |
| Vanilla Ice Room | 01/11/1992 | Bill Hawn, Bob Phillips, Murray Vogel, Steve Huck, & Vern Carison |
| Vanilla Swirl | 12/14/1996 | Evan Anderson, Shawn Kramer, & Skip Withrow |
| Vega | 09/12/1992 | Good sized room with nice calcite rafts at the end of Perverted Alley. This room is under Highway 385. Harry Burgess, Paul Burger, Dave Springhetti and Stan Allison |
| Velvet Underground | 11/22/1991 | Lower level cave near the Breezeway. Spore Meunissen, Judd Klienman, Ally Christie, Allison Wenz, Edde Daultrineri, & |
| Very Careful Passage | 12/05/1984 | Because of the delicate 10-cm frostwork in this passage one has to travel through it very carefully. Warren Netherton and Jim Pisarowicz |
| Volcano Rock | 07/20/1977 | ? Galligar, ? O'Sullivan, Jeri Kizer, Jim Palmer, & P. Kittleson ? |
| Vomitorium | 02/08/1997 | A small room where Hazel got sick, the SIK (sick) survey. Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, & Shawn Kramer |
| Vundercorn Corner | 12/06/1987 | There is all sizes and shapes of cave popcorn at this corner. It was "vunderful"! Shaun Larson, Darren Ressler and Karen Rosga |
| Name | Date Discovered | Comments |
| Xerox Room | 12/02/1971 | A chunk of boxwork on the floor of this room was at one time "Z" shaped, giving the room its original name, "Z-box Room". This has mutated over the years to "Zebox", "Zerox", and finally to its present form "Xerox". Surveyed on December 2, 1971 by Windy City Grotto members including John Scheltens. Bill Yett and Ken Carpenter |
| Name | Date Discovered | Comments |
| Yahoo | 01/12/2000 | Area located near where the Rachael Cox search and rescue occurred in 1989. Surveyed by Steve Baldwin, Rod Horrocks and Steve and Sammi Langendorf |
| YCC Passage | 08/03/1988 | Discovered by a YCC crew doing restoration work off of Whitney Avenue. Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz, & Dennis Shreves |
| Yellow Brick Road | 05/08/1982 | This yellowish, sandy passage was once hoped to go to the Blowhole. Heather Pullen, Christen Lichtenfels, Adir ? and Wendy |
| Yellow Submarine | 05/26/1991 | Paul Burger, Stan Allison, Dina Venezky, & Bob Younger |
| Yukon Trail | 12/28/1971 | This passage was named after the survey designation YT ("Yukon Trail") which has a northwest trend. Surveyed by Chris Hill, Dave Springhetti and Lee Tierney |
| Name | Date Discovered | Comments |
| Z Box Room | 07/20/1977 | A chunk of boxwork on the floor shaped like a "Z" gave this room its name. Now known as the Xerox Room. ? Galligar, ? O'Sullivan, Jeri Kizer, Jim Palmer, & P. Kittleson |
| Zebra Chamber | 02/07/1893 | |
| Zebra Dome | 11/14/1992 | Stan Allison, Mike Wiles, & Myk Coughlin |
| Zebra Rock Rock | 11/18/1987 | There is a large amount of zebra rock at this location (Zebra rock is a weathered bands of brownish-red and black). Jim Pisarowicz, Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler and Bob Kobza |
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