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Aven de la Chèvre

A 37 m shaft opens at the bottom of a doline and gives access to a large decorated chamber extended by several galleries and shafts down to the -79 m level.

Méjannes-le-Clap 360m 79m

A 37 m shaft opens at the bottom of a doline and gives access to a large decorated chamber extended by several galleries and shafts down to the -79 m level.

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  1. Aven de la Chèvre

    44.218824, 4.366138
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Description

Morphology

A fine P 37 breaks through the floor of a vast doline about 20 m in diameter and leads into a large chamber measuring 50 x 40 x 15 m. A second chamber, smaller than the first but nonetheless significant, measures 15 x 6 x 20 m. On the right-hand wall, about 4 m above the floor, a window (Un) opens onto a blind P 12. Two distinct passages between blocks lead to the P 18 and the P 15; these intersect, at roughly the same level, a small passage leading after a few metres to the lowest point of the cave, at the -79 m level.

Speleothems

The large chamber contains large decorated masses.

Progression

Descending the scree slope on the left (south-east), one reaches the bottom of it at the foot of a vast shaft with clean-cut walls. There, three possibilities present themselves: a low passage on the right leads to a shaft climbed for about 20 m; to the south south-west, the gallery soon ends in a small chamber with a floor of cracked clay; facing us (east - south-east), through two small forced passages, one reaches the second chamber after a short crawl. If one takes the tube that opens as a window into the chamber, it would be advisable to use a ladder to descend. The two distinct passages between blocks lead to the P 18 and the P 15 (possibility of descending by down-climbing, but a safety rope is recommended).

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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/37356 · 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 SCSP Alès · 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/37356 · data as of 2026