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Aven de la Peur

The P 14 entrance shaft leads through a corridor and muddy narrows to a large chamber offering two routes, including a 6-metre step down toward the lowest point at -68.

Tharaux 180m 68m

The P 14 entrance shaft leads through a corridor and muddy narrows to a large chamber offering two routes, including a 6-metre step down toward the lowest point at -68.

Characteristics

  • Type: Pothole
  • Municipality: Tharaux
  • Length: 180 meters
  • Depth: 68 meters
  • Record updated:

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  1. Aven de la Peur

    44.234162, 4.312817
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Description

Morphology

The entrance shaft (P 14) is a uniform tube with a 2 x 2 cross-section that opens onto an S.S0.-N.NE. corridor whose floor is littered with scree. At the bottom, a large chamber is revealed (L 15, I = 4, h = 5). Further on, a climb up a clay bank and a low passage lead to a vast ascending corridor (L = 40, 1 = 6, h = 6), formed along a diaclase nord (north-south joint).

Speleothems

Southwest of the large chamber, a second, well-decorated chamber leads to elevation -62.

Hydrology

At the bottom of the chamber reached via the 6-metre step and the clayey scree (lowest point of the cave, -68), a slight flow can be observed in a fault to the southeast (presence of mud).

Progression

Following the corridor in the S-S.W. direction leads into a chamber. At the bottom of it, a succession of muddy narrows leads to the P 20. At the bottom, two options are offered: to the southwest, a second, well-decorated chamber leads to elevation -62; to the northeast, a 6-metre step followed by clayey scree allows one to reach the bottom of a chamber (lowest point of the cave, -68). Further on, a climb up a clay bank and a low passage lead to a vast ascending corridor, stopping at a scree cone at elevation -45.

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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/37340 · 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 (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/37340 · data as of 2026