Aven du Faisan
Small cavity in a widened joint, with an inclined plane and a pit, whose blowing gallery ends at a large choked chimney.
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Aven du Faisan
Small cavity in a widened joint, with an inclined plane and a pit, whose blowing gallery ends at a large choked chimney.
Aumelas
Depth: 23 m
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Small cavity in a widened joint, with an inclined plane and a pit, whose blowing gallery ends at a large choked chimney.
Description
Morphology
A small step allows one to gain a foothold on an inclined plane. To the side, a widened joint (diaclase) about ten metres deep and broken by a landing descends vertically to a rise, choked near the surface. A narrow inclined plane leads to another landing at the edge of a small pit. It gives access to a gallery in a blowing joint (diaclase soufflante) that becomes impassable. This gallery is occupied toward its middle by a large chimney that rises for more than ten metres and is visibly choked toward the top.
Hydrology
At the time of discovery, this hole literally swallowed the smoke of a large straw fire located nearby. It came out again about twenty minutes later at the blowing hole. At present we have noticed that the hole can also blow.
Progression
Originally we descended 2 metres and could barely get a hand into the fissure. Considerable work was required to widen the joint about ten metres deep.
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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/74737 · 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/74737 · data as of 2026