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Aven du Mouton

Small entrance on the north slope of the valley leading to an inactive, decorated cylindrical shaft, blocked at -4 m by stone blocks.

Ampus 4m 4m

Small entrance on the north slope of the valley leading to an inactive, decorated cylindrical shaft, blocked at -4 m by stone blocks.

Characteristics

  • Type: Pothole
  • Municipality: Ampus
  • Length: 4 meters
  • Depth: 4 meters
  • Record updated:

Location

Small entrance on the north slope of the valley.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Aven du Mouton

    43.613190, 6.383097
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Description

Morphology

The entrance gives direct access to a very fine cylindrical shaft, blocked at -4 m by stone blocks.

Speleothems

The cylindrical shaft is decorated.

Hydrology

The shaft is inactive.

Progression

A dig is possible.

Other details

Source: Guillaume CHARDIN - CDS83, Fichier des cavités du Var > « Aven du Mouton [Aven du Ratton] » (number 1003006): https://www.fichiertopo.fr/display.php?details=1&indexid=434 (dead link).

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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/26750 · 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 BTH (Description sommaire) · 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/26750 · data as of 2026