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Carrières souterraines de la Maladière - Entrée principale

Cavity documented by IKARE observations, with a vanished entrance, an approximate development, and a protected bat roost.

Chaumont 20m

Cavity documented by IKARE observations, with a vanished entrance, an approximate development, and a protected bat roost.

Characteristics

  • Type: Other
  • Municipality: Chaumont
  • Depth: 20 meters
  • Record updated:

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Entrances

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  1. Carrières souterraines de la Maladière - Entrée principale

    48.116397, 5.154689
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Description

Morphology

The development is given as an approximate value based on an 1888 exploitation plan, while Louis (1970) indicates only 200 to 300 m.

Other details

Observations: a second entrance mentioned by Louis (1970) no longer exists at present (cf. 52121015). Protected bat roost (Natura 2000 site).

Geology: White oolite?

Bibliography: Louis (1970), Parise (2013), Fraiche (unpublished).

For more information on the origin of this data, see the IKARE website http://ikare.loterr.univ-lorraine.fr/dev_leaflet/fiche_GRAV.php?IdSelect=52121003

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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/88699 · 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 Frédéric Urien - compte administrateur (Données IKARE) · 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/88699 · data as of 2026