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Aven Essain

Cavity marked at the entrance in October 1996, featuring a 4-metre opposing step, Puits of 5 and 4 metres, a scree slope in a short meander and a squeeze.

Signes 16m 16m

Cavity marked at the entrance in October 1996, featuring a 4-metre opposing step, Puits of 5 and 4 metres, a scree slope in a short meander and a squeeze.

Characteristics

  • Type: Pothole
  • Municipality: Signes
  • Length: 16 meters
  • Depth: 16 meters
  • Record updated:

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  1. Aven Essain

    43.220367, 5.927060
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Description

Morphology

4-metre opposing step and 5-metre Puits. 4-metre Puits. Squeeze.

Progression

Scree slope in a short meander.

Other details

Marked at the entrance in October 1996[ref]Guillaume CHARDIN - CDS83, Fichier des cavités du Var > "Essain" (numéro 2127041) : http://www.fichiertopo.fr/display.php?details=1&indexid=845[/ref].

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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/27716 · 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 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/27716 · data as of 2026