Gouffre du Rond-Point
A cavity 20 m deep and 22 m in development, with shafts, A joint and small chambers.
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Gouffre du Rond-Point
A cavity 20 m deep and 22 m in development, with shafts, A joint and small chambers.
Rivel
Length: 22 m · Depth: 20 m
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A cavity 20 m deep and 22 m in development, with shafts, A joint and small chambers.
Description
Morphology
Main opening 3 x 2 m (corridor and small opening between blocks on the left). At the bottom, at the foot of the opposite wall towards the left, A winding corridor 0.70 to 1 m wide, 6 to 7 m long, first open to the sky, then beneath A roof of blocks between which A chimney rises to the surface. From the point where the ladder lands, towards the North, A 4 m long slope of humus that turns into A crawlway over A fairly unstable, almost vertical scree slope, ending in A vertical squeeze (-9). At -14, one lands roughly in the middle of A South-North joint 0.60 to 1.20 m wide. To the right (towards the North), A descent to -16.50, and an impenetrable descending squeeze. At the other end of the joint, A horizontal squeeze followed by A P 4.5, then A small chamber 2.5 x 1 m with A large pile of various but small bones, and an impenetrable squeeze. Depth: 20 m. Horizontal development: 22 m.
Progression
P4 (belayed to A large fir tree). P5. At the other end of the joint, A horizontal squeeze followed by A P 4.5.
Other details
Inscription by acetylene lamp: “S.C.A. 1962” and “P.S.” at the end of the joint at -16.5.
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Source: BRGM BDCavité (inventaire des cavités souterraines), via Géorisques (www.georisques.gouv.fr), modified. Licence Ouverte 2.0, https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/licence-ouverte-open-licence/ Ministère de la Transition écologique, de la Biodiversité et des Négociations Internationales sur le Climat et la Nature – données Géorisques (BRGM), mise à jour du 2026-10-16 · data as of 2026 · 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. · depth, length · obtained 2026-10-19 · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/34852 · 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 Cds 11 · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · description · obtained 2026-10-17 · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/34852 · data as of 2026