Aven du Coteau des Chiens
Cavity inventoried by Calvet in 1976, with a 6-metre entrance pit leading to an 8-metre gallery.
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Aven du Coteau des Chiens
Cavity inventoried by Calvet in 1976, with a 6-metre entrance pit leading to an 8-metre gallery.
Dourgne
Length: 15 m · Depth: 11 m
Updated record
https://espeleoworld.com/en/c/aven-du-coteau-des-chiens-dourgne
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Cavity inventoried by Calvet in 1976, with a 6-metre entrance pit leading to an 8-metre gallery.
Description
Morphology
The pit opening measures 0.30 x 0.70 in a rocky enclave of 0.80 x 2.20. The first pit, negotiable by opposition, reaches a depth of 6 metres. It opens onto a gallery oriented north-northeast / south-southeast, 8 metres long and 1.50 metres wide.
Progression
After the first pit, negotiable by opposition, 6 metres deep, one arrives in a gallery oriented north-northeast / south-southeast. Towards the north-northeast is a constriction; towards the south-southwest, a 3.50-metre step gives access to a gallery obstructed at its end.
History
Calvet inventory 1976.
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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/31513 · 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 Mat81 (Inventaire Calvet 1976.) · 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/31513 · data as of 2026