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Aven du Capot

Small rectangular entrance in a lapiaz leading to a steep joint filled with clay.

Aumelas

Small rectangular entrance in a lapiaz leading to a steep joint filled with clay.

Characteristics

  • Type: Pothole
  • Municipality: Aumelas
  • Depth: -3 meters
  • Record updated:

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  1. Aven du Capot

    43.574621, 3.659380
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Description

Morphology

A small, perfectly rectangular entrance measuring 0.6 m x 0.4 m, in a lapiaz, opens onto an inclined step that leads into a long, narrow, steep joint.

Progression

The entrance opens onto an inclined step that leads into a long, narrow, steep joint. Clay filling. Exploration completed.

Other details

General description in 1997.

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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/74792 · 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 en 1997) · 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/74792 · data as of 2026