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| Name | Date Discovered | Comments |
| P & B's Palace | 02/13/1999 | Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Emma Porter, & Mike Clayton |
| Padded Cell | 07/12/1973 | Rick Banning and Andy Flurkey |
| Pail of Fill | ||
| Painful Pass | 05/04/1981 | A tight crawl at NN5-6. Llyn Peabody, Rich Oilman, Steve Matson, Alex Kazarinof |
| Painted Ceiling | 07/01/1971 | John Scheltens, Nelson Kuniansky, & Andy Flurkey |
| Paint Pots | 07/13/1973 | An area where the walls and ceiling are very colorful due to mineral stains in the limestone. Don Coons, Andy Flurkey and Alvin McLane |
| Palace Fireplace | 1901 | Located in the Second Crossroads. |
| Paleofill Palace | 06/13/1992 | A 20-foot diameter room with lots of paleofill in it. Steve Smith, Kevin Smith, & Becky Ward |
| Paleo Dome | 07/24/2000 | A 20-foot diameter dome, with a 13-foot high ceiling that is an outstanding example of paleofill. Located on the edge of Omnibus Hall. Surveyed by Rod Horrocks, & John Harty |
| Paleo Loop | 11/12/1990 | Ted Lappin, Mike Behn, Ed Larock |
| Palette Room | 07/1/1972 | A large slab of breakdown in this room has a 3 foot diameter hole in it, making the entire slab resemble an artist's palette. Don Coons |
| Pancake Estates | 11/10/1990 | A 20x40' foot room with a one foot ceiling height. Garry Petrie, Norm Thompson, & Pat Seiser |
| Pancake Room | 11/25/1988 | A low-ceilinged room located near Mud Crack Flats. David Gerboth & Matt Kramar, & Mark Wickham |
| Pant Peeler | 10/8/1994 | A tight crawl that "peeled" Randy's pants and underwear off as he crawled through. Randy Brown, Rene Singer, Evan Anderson, Hazel Barton |
| Paradise Regained | 07/12/1891 | A.C. McBride and Alvin McDonald |
| Parlor | 06/22/1891 | M.E. Crookam and Alvin McDonald |
| Pasta Pulverizer | 03/15/1980 | A miserable series of crawls from the Magic Hole to the Spaghetti Bowl. Ken Alliger, John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti and Mike Wiles |
| Patty's Folly | 08/1/1970 | John Scheltens |
| Paula's Virgin Pit | 05/4/1981 | Steve Matson, Peter Shaipsota, John Sparks, Judson Ramelolyn ? |
| Paul Bunyon | 06/?/1973 | On the PB (Paul Bunyon) survey. Mark Stock, Lester Lewis, & David Springhetti |
| Paul's Place | 06/12/1999 | A lower level passage named for a Colorado Grotto caver Paul O'Brian who had recently died (not in Wind Cave). Jim Wilson, Greg Glazner, Eric Dutton and Dennis Laird |
| P.B.'s Palace | 02/13/1999 | Hazel Barton, Mike Clayton, Emma Porter, & Evan Anderson |
| Pearly Gates | 07/23/1891 | Large white popcorn crystals in this area resemble pearls and are located on either side of the entry passage into this room. Also reported that it was named because Oscar Merwin thought that is what the Pearly Gates into Heaven would look like. Charles Holmes, C.F. McBride and Alvin McDonald |
| Pearly Gates Annex | 07/23/1891 | A series of passages that run northwest of the Pearly Gates area. Charles Holmes, C.F. McBride and Alvin McDonald |
| Pearly Gates Bypass | 07/23/1891 | A passage that parallels the Tabernacle that leads to the Pearly Gates. Charles Holmes, C.F. McBride and Alvin McDonald |
| Pearly Gates Junction | 07/23/1891 | The junction of the candlelight "developed" trail with the candlelight "undeveloped" trail. Charles Holmes, C.F. McBride and Alvin McDonald |
| Pearly Gates Route | 1901 | Also known as the Candlelight Tour. |
| Peace Chamber | 05/11/1991 | Doug Kent, Ken Hedrick, & Chris Wooley |
| Pebble, The | This is a very, very large chunk of breakdown located at the base of the stairs leading to the Coliseum. Also called the Fallen Giant. Alvin McDonald | |
| Peck's Pit | 07/13/1973 | A small pit located near the Pearly Gates. Name was on a 1963 map by Daniel Fredman. Surveyed by Rick Banning, John Scheltens and Dave Springhetti |
| Pee Bottle Hall | 07/31/1991 | Jim Nepstad, Stan Allison, Carl Pagano, & Rich Wolfert |
| Peek-In Pit | 07/?/1972 | Named after Ed's last name? Ed Pekin and ? |
| Pee Wee's Playhouse | 08/27/1987 | Fun, easy to survey passage. The night before we all had watched the movie Pee Wee's Big Adventure. Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz and Karen Rosga |
| Pelvis Room | 11/11/2000 | Jim returned to his lead off the Elbow Room in the Historic Section, which he had found on 6/10/00. They surveyed 646 feet of virgin cave, following a windy passage across one of the biggest holes in the Wind Cave survey. They named two wide spots, the Pelvis and Clavicle Rooms. Jim Wilson, Greg Glazner, Barbara Smith, & Skip Withrow |
| Penelope's Peek-Hole Pool | 12/15/1986 | Small pool or lake at the end of a small fissure. One can peek into the water through a small hole. Bob Kobza and Jim Pisarowicz |
| Pendant Room | 03/07/2000 | A 35-foot diameter room with a 10-foot high ceiling that has a prominent popcorn-covered pendant protruding from the center of the ceiling. Survyed by Rod Horrocks & Marc Ohms |
| Perilous Pit | 07/02/1891 | M.E. and Willie Crookam, George Lee and Alvin McDonald |
| Permanent Chocolate Junction | 08/09/1989 | Junction to the Bubble that has a dark manganese ceiling with scratches in it. Named because of its resemblance to chocolate and because of Mary's fetish with chocolate. Darren Ressler, Mary Laycock, Art and Peg Palmer, Michelle Youngquist, & Brad Stephenson |
| Perverted Alley | 09/12/1992 | A 10-foot wide, 8-9 inch high and 70-foot long "snaggy" crawl first traversed by Harry. Harry Burgess, Stan Allison, Paul Burger, Dave Springhetti |
| Petey's Puddle | 07/13/1973 | A small, almost dried up lake. The name derives from Senator Peter Norbeck who pushed for a dam to be built north of the visitor's center so that the wildlife would have a source of water. Unfortunately the reservoir was built over porous rock and it never held water. This "lake" is often referred to as Peter's Puddle. Don Coons, Andy Flurkey and Alvin McLane |
| Petrified Clouds | 1901 | A drippy area where the ceiling resembles clouds. |
| Petty Hole, The | 01/09/1993 | Sandy Kraemer, Pat Jablonsky, & Bill Yett |
| Phantom Lake | 01/23/1999 | A 250-foot long, 10-foot wide lake rediscovered by Rene Rogers. After finding this lake the team discovered a single set of foot prints on the far side of the lake. It has been speculated that these foot prints were from Alvin McDonald. Alvin reported discovering a "river" in the cave which had never been found until this day. Rene Rogers, Marc Ohms, and Paul Burger |
| Phase II | 1974 | |
| Phase III | 1974 | |
| Phish Bowl | 07/11/1992 | A beautiful round room with red clay and bright white aragonite crystals-it looked lilke a beautiful crystal fish bowl to the explorers. Originally called the Phish Bowl because Dina was a groupie of the band Phish. Jim Wilson, Bill Yett, Aaron Birenboim, & Dina Venezky |
| Phone Home | 07/11/1992 | Jim Wilson, Bill Yett, Aaron Birenboim, & Dina Venezdy |
| Phototropic Passage | 09/24/1987 | A classic middle level boxwork passage between the Fairgrounds and the Attic. |
| Piano | 07/04/1891 | M.E. and Willie Crookam, George Lee and Alvin McDonald |
| Pickled Herring Atrium | 12/20/1990 | Paul Burger, Stan Allison |
| Pickle, The | 07/05/1978 | A 15-foot high dome near Silent Lake. Tom Miller, Art & Peg Palmer, & Janie Leroy |
| Picnic Grounds | 06/19/1892 | J. Coldvion, Alvin McDonald, A.J. Vagg and H.D. Worat |
| Pie in the Sky | 06/18/1992 | A small hole in the ceiling that Bob hoped led to an upper level. He finally pushed some breakdown below it on a work trip and discovered an upper level room that was 70-feet in diameter with a 40-foot ceiling. Jim Nepstad, Stan Allison, & Bob Kobza |
| Pile Up | 10/08/1980 | A large pile of breakdown. Ken Allgier, Tom Miller, John Scheltens and Pete Shiflett |
| Pilgrims Progress | 03/20/1892 | Alvin, Elmer and J.D. McDonald and George Stabler |
| Pine Trees | 07/31/1972 | 3 1/2" high. William Frith & Mark Stock? |
| Pink Slug | 05/25/1987 | As Karen Rosga crawled through this passage she remarked that she felt like a "pink slug" (she was wearing pink tights under her coveralls). Curt Broeker, Jim Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler and Karen Rosga |
| Pinky's Passage | 04/11/1993 | |
| Pins & Needles Factory | 02/02/1985 | A room with multitudes of small selenite needles. John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti, Andy Flurkey, & Alan Williams |
| Pipers Pig | 1898 | |
| Pit Room | 11/24/1988 | A room near the Pancake Room that has a 43-foot pit in it down to the MK survey. David Gerboth & ? |
| Pit of Dripping Springs | ||
| Pits, The | 08/07/1987 | Area with many deep holes, passages going down 30-40 feet and more. Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler and Karen Rosga |
| Pittease, The | 05/11/1996 | A 26-foot deep pit that gets too tight. Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, & Shawn Kramer |
| Pizza Hut | 12/05/1998 | A 100-foot long, 60-foot wide room. The room was named because all the explorers could talk about was going to Pizza Hut for dinner afterwards. Marc Ohms, Myk Coughlin, Rene Rogers, and Mike Wiles |
| Pizza Potluck Pool | 05/18/1988 | A small pool of water. Jim Pisarowicz and Shaun Larson |
| PK Room | ||
| PKS Room | 02/13/1993 | A 20-foot diameter and 7-foot high room named after the first letter of each survey participant. Sandy Kraemer, Kathy Petty, & Pat Jablonsky |
| Platt's Cove | 06/12/1996 | A flowstone area with lots of dripping water. Abigail Wines, Gairet Goodrich, & Rachel Bosch |
| Playground, The | 11/16/1991 | Jim Nepstad, Stan Allison, Paul Burger |
| Plummer's Pit | 7/1/1973 | An 80-foot high dead-end chimney which extends out of the limestone and into the Minnelusa beds above the cave. Lester Lewis, Dave Springhetti and Mark Stock |
| Pocket Knife Pit | 08/31/2000 | A blowing pit off of Wall Street where an old pocketknife was found at the top of a pit that had been hammered into. Marc Ohms, Rene Rogers, and Ed Schnek |
| Poka Dot Mall | 09/12/1992 | There are balls of aragonite/moonmilk on the floor of this passage. Dave & Steve Lester, Randy Brown, & Kirk Haley |
| Polar Bear | ||
| Polar Ice Cap | 11/13/1982 | Named for its abundance of frostwork clusters. Andy Flurkey, Ed LaRock, Eric Liebes and John Scheltens |
| Pompei | 05/17/1991 | Bob Kobza, Jim Nepstad, Stan Allison and Mike Paulick |
| Pop Corn Alley | 1901 | Popcorn encrusted left-hand wall of the Historic Tour route just before the Modle Room |
| Pop Corn Pit | 12/12/1982 | A popcorn encrusted pit. Ken Allgier, John Scheltens and Dave Springhetti |
| Popcorn Forest | 11/29/1986 | This room is covered with popcorn that looks like trees in a miniature forest. Dave Gerboth, Jim Pisarowicz and Karen Rosga |
| Popcorn Machine | 03/1720/01 | A passage with some great popcorn. Matt Reece and Dan Durban |
| Popcorn Room | Large amounts of popcorn are found in this room. Another room surveyed by the Windy City Grotto but originally discovered by Herb & Jan Conn and Dave Schnute (probably in 1963). Surveyed on December 2.,1971 by a team including John Scheltens. Herb & Jan Conn and Dave Schnute | |
| Pop Secret | 11/10/1990 | Jim & Greg Nepstad, Paul Burger, Stan Allison |
| Porcelain Passage | 12/09/1987 | This passage is coated with white frostwork, gypsum luster, and moonmilk. It is entered via a small hole which is also completely white and very difficult to get into without destroying the beautiful crystals and minerals. Bob Kobza, Shaun Larson and Jim Pisarowicz |
| Porcupette Passion | 12/06/1987 | Porcupettes are baby porcupines and the cave popcorn in this area was very bristly. It was in honor of December's "Animal of the Month". Shaun Larson, Darren Ressler and Karen Rosga |
| Porcupine Lips | 04/23/1981 | An area of mega stalactites named by a NOLS survey party. Tod Cedarholm, Keith Gorges, Mike Pebriere, Beth Bellman, & Corrin Crawford |
| Post Office | 06/05/1884 | Named for its abundance of boxwork, which resembles post office boxes. This room was probably known even earlier than 1884, but this date is the first written reference to this room. First reference with this name, June 5, 1884. L.C. Faris, Frank Halden and Charlie Roe |
| Potluck Pool | 12/06/1987 | Jim Pisarowicz and Shaun Larson |
| Potters Shop | 02/11/1891 | Alvin McDonald and J.M. Moore |
| Pottery Passage | 12/15/1979 | John Sheltens, Andy Flurkey, & Norm Pace |
| Power House | 04/12/1991 | A 30-foot diameter room with an eight foot ceiling that has electrical equipment in it. Stan Allison, Jim Nepstad, & Dina Venezky |
| Prairie Dog and Mound | 1901 | Two drip cups located on a mud mound. A rock that resembled a prairie dog was placed upright near these holes. A woman from Chicago stole the prairie dog, but returned it when contacted by mail. |
| Pterydactal Hall | 11/19/1991 | Doug Pflugh, Tom Shelby, Kreg Hanburger, & Rebecca Bear |
| Pub | 04/20/1981 | Surveyed by Liz Chapman, Cory Crawford, Steve Matson and Kathy Raymond |
| Puppy Tooth Walk | 10/30/1985 | Small dog-tooth spar (which looked like puppy-teeth to Lars) in the passage. Heidi Grengg, Jim Pisarowicz, Fred Roberts and Lars Virbeck |
| Purple People Eater | 12/08/1987 | Some "flowstone-like" stuff on the floor and walls in this crawlway have a purplish tint to them. This is probably the result of manganese compounds. Bob Kobza, Shaun Larson and Jim Pisarowicz |
| P-U-Wazoo | 06/12/1987 | A small room that had no place to sit, because everything was covered with popcorn. When Shaun first entered this area he exclaimed, "there is popcorn up the wazoo here!!" This became "P-U-Wazoo". Darren Ressler, Shaun Larson, & Karen Rosga |
| Pyramid Room | A large cairn built in this room gives it its name. Herb and Jan Conn and Dave Schnute |
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