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Aven des Cistes Cotonneux

A very well-ventilated Un (Aven), accessible through a narrow joint-entry, leads to a subvertical pit opening onto a beautiful decorated chamber.

Aumelas 12m

A very well-ventilated Un (Aven), accessible through a narrow joint-entry, leads to a subvertical pit opening onto a beautiful decorated chamber.

Characteristics

  • Type: Pothole
  • Municipality: Aumelas
  • Depth: 12 meters
  • Record updated:

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Entrances

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  1. Aven des Cistes Cotonneux

    43.580623, 3.650287
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Description

Morphology

A narrow joint-entry (1.5 m x 0.5 m) gives access to a subvertical pit that opens onto a beautiful decorated chamber.

Speleothems

The subvertical pit opens onto a beautiful decorated chamber.

Progression

A narrow joint-entry (1.5 m x 0.5 m) gives access to a subvertical pit. At the bottom are two choked inlets. No continuation.

Other details

Very well-ventilated Aven.

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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/74783 · 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/74783 · data as of 2026