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Gouffre de la Béquelle

a small pit, not very wide but not narrow, formed by a series of small shafts with a clogged bottom.

Cleyzieu 107m 70m

a small pit, not very wide but not narrow, formed by a series of small shafts with a clogged bottom.

Characteristics

  • Type: Pothole
  • Municipality: Cleyzieu
  • Length: 107 meters
  • Depth: 70 meters
  • Record updated:

Location

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Entrances

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  1. Gouffre de la Béquelle

    45.896669, 5.429091
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Description

Morphology

It is a small pit, not very wide but not narrow. The cavity consists of a series of small shafts. The bottom of the cavity is clogged.

Speleothems

a few speleothems are visible.

Progression

a constriction at the top of a shaft was dug open. a dig was restarted in 2006-2007 towards -60 m.

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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/407 · 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 Delegue (Description sommaire) · 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/407 · data as of 2026