Aeolus Cave

Aeolus Cave or Dorset Bat Cave is a marble solutional cave, located up in the Taconic Mountains near East Dorset, Vermont, United States. Alternate names that have shown up in the literature include Aeolus Cave, Mount Aeolus Cave, and Dorset Bat Cave. The largest cave in New England, Aeolus Cave was noted for being the largest bat hibernaculum in the northeastern United States before white nose syndrome almost completely destroyed its bat population. ==Geology and description== Aeolus Cave is a solutional cave, created by the dissolution of marble by water. Caves in New England are typically small due to the ancient thrust faulting resulting in soluble rocks being separated by large bands of insoluble rock, thus Aeolus Cave's of passages makes it the largest cave in New England. Aeolus Cave's large speleothems, the cave's placement above the valley floor, and cave apparently not being part of the present hydrologic cycle points to the cave predating the Last Glacial Period.