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Buca del Contrappeso

Absorbing cavity with a shaft, located at Boana Alta in the Alpi Apuane, on Monte Sumbra.

Vagli Sotto 40m 26m

Absorbing cavity with a shaft, located at Boana Alta in the Alpi Apuane, on Monte Sumbra.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Vagli Sotto
  • Cadastre no.: 663
  • Length: 40 meters
  • Depth: 26 meters
  • Record updated:

Location

Locality: Boana Alta. Karst area: ALPI APUANE. Natura 2000 site: Monte Sumbra.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Buca del Contrappeso

    Elevation: 1335 m

    44.083497, 10.263686
    UTM 32T (WGS84) 601173 4881923
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Description

Morphology

Morphology: shaft.

Hydrology

Hydrology: absorbing cavity.

Other details

Geology: Selciferous Limestones.

Summer 2024: survey update and the disappearance of snow at the bottom of no. 662 was observed.

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Source: Catasto online FST (Federazione Speleologica Toscana) (www.speleotoscana.it), modified. CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Federazione Speleologica Toscana (Catasto online FST) · Regione Toscana (Geoscopio) · data as of 2025