Aven des Thières
Un 10.5-metre subvertical pit widens into a 10 m x 10 m chamber with speleothems, then a meander and constrictions lead to a two-level gallery and a cleared blowing hole at -30.
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Aven des Thières
Un 10.5-metre subvertical pit widens into a 10 m x 10 m chamber with speleothems, then a meander and constrictions lead to a two-level gallery and a cleared blowing hole at -30.
Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
Length: 70 m · Depth: 31 m
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Un 10.5-metre subvertical pit widens into a 10 m x 10 m chamber with speleothems, then a meander and constrictions lead to a two-level gallery and a cleared blowing hole at -30.
Description
Morphology
At -1.5, a subvertical pit of 10.5 metres is reached; it widens fairly quickly and reaches the rather imposing section of 10 m x 10 m.
At the low point at -17, a fine meander is reached that bypasses the fill to the northwest, then opens onto a constriction to the south-southwest with a 3.2-metre step and a room 4 metres x 2.5 metres x 3 metres, and a second constriction leading to a 10-metre gallery with two levels, joined by three descending passages.
At the end, a 3-metre crawl heading north leads to a blowing hole at -30.
Speleothems
This pit forms a fine chamber with speleothems, with a few nicely decorated side branches (pearls). The gallery reached after the second constriction has speleothems.
Progression
At the low point at -17, the meander bypasses the fill to the northwest, then opens onto a constriction to the south-southwest with a 3.2-metre step; a second constriction leads to a 10-metre gallery with speleothems running north-northwest / south-southwest, with two levels joined by three descending passages. At the end, a blowing hole at -30 is cleared at the end of a 3-metre crawl heading north.
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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/73300 · 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 Gilles Barrau (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/73300 · data as of 2026