Aven Vidal
Aven Vidal, at Prugnanes, descends through a series of pits and inclined planes to -195 m, in Jurassic limestones marked by swirling erosion.
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Aven Vidal
Aven Vidal, at Prugnanes, descends through a series of pits and inclined planes to -195 m, in Jurassic limestones marked by swirling erosion.
Prugnanes
Length: 260 m · Depth: 207 m
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Aven Vidal, at Prugnanes, descends through a series of pits and inclined planes to -195 m, in Jurassic limestones marked by swirling erosion.
Description
Morphology
The entrance is a small 2-metre step giving access to an inclined plane of earth and gravel. The cavity develops in thick-bedded Jurassic limestones and shows significant traces of swirling erosion.
Progression
The inclined plane of earth and gravel drops into a 39-metre pit, followed by a 16-metre inclined plane and two 18-metre pits separated by a small ledge, from which a parallel, unsurveyed pit starts. A new 13-metre inclined plane leads to a final 30-metre pit. The continuation is a large 52-metre inclined plane that reaches the bottom of the cavity at -190 m. Nevertheless, a severe squeeze on the right allows reaching the -195 level through a scree slope from which a slight draught emerges.
Other details
Survey: see https://www.speleo-caf-2017.org/sites/www.speleo-caf-2017.org/files/styles/original/public/activite/images/2016-12/66_Prugnanes_Vidal8614.jpg?itok=6D0mnHMF
Source: Rassemblement spéléo 2017, from 24 to 28 May 2017 at Tautavel > Aven Vidal: https://www.speleo-caf-2017.org/fr/activites/cavites/aven-vidal.html
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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/75071 · 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), BTH (Géologie), BTH (Topographie) · 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/75071 · data as of 2026