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Aven de l'Entonnoir

A cavity whose round entrance, at the bottom of a limestone funnel, leads through a descending joint to a small gallery adorned with calcite.

Aumelas 7m

A cavity whose round entrance, at the bottom of a limestone funnel, leads through a descending joint to a small gallery adorned with calcite.

Characteristics

  • Type: Pothole
  • Municipality: Aumelas
  • Depth: 7 meters
  • Record updated:

Location

Mapa

Entrances

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  1. Aven de l'Entonnoir

    43.573001, 3.628142
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Description

Morphology

The entrance, round in shape, is located at the bottom of a limestone funnel measuring 1.8 m x 0.6 m. A second, impassable entrance opens above the bottom.

Speleothems

The small gallery is adorned with calcite and continues as the joint encrusted with speleothems.

Progression

The entrance opens into a joint that descends toward a small gallery adorned with calcite, continued by the joint encrusted with speleothems.

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Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/74749 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected] · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by Marc Jupin (Description générale) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/74749 · data as of 2026