Cueva del Hoyo Salcedillo

Soba System of 2 caves: 18800m 532m

Cave system in Soba (Cantabria). Length 18,800 m. Depth 532 m. No. 79 by depth among the caves in Spain in the EspeleoWorld catalogue. No. 36 by length among the caves in Spain in the EspeleoWorld catalogue. Geological unit: Montaña Oriental.

Characteristics

• Type: Cave
• Municipality: Soba
• Unit: Montaña Oriental
• System length: 18800 meters
• System depth: 532 meters
• Record updated: November 9, 2026

Caves in this system

• Cueva del Hoyo Salcedillo

Location

acces

n° 508 (Torca) :

X = 446,486 Y = 4785,195 Z = 1126 m

n° 659 (Cuevas 2 et 3) :

X = 446,365 Y = 4785,215 Z = 1132 m

Commune : Soba

Map

Entrances

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1. Cueva del Hoyo Salcedillo

   43.215644, -3.659272
   UTM 30T (ETRS89) 446452.05 4784973.11
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History

Description :

Géologie :
Niveau 8 : Calcaires du Haut Rolacia (Aptien)

Résurgence : ?
Historique des explorations :
SCD 1988

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Torca del Hoyo Salcedillo

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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/168652 · 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 KDD122 (acces) · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/168652 · data as of 2026 · Source: Karsteau (Fédération Française de Spéléologie et Canyon) (www.karsteau.org), modified. CC BY-NC-SA (version not stated by the source), https://www.karsteau.org/karsteau/index.php Karsteau (Fédération Française de Spéléologie et Canyon) · Text by Karsteau (FFS) contributors · names, history · obtained 2026-11-11 · https://www.karsteau.org/karsteau/recherche/entree/recherche_entree.php?entree=21274 · data as of 2026