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Grotta Valleprata

A horizontally developed cavity, readapted as a shelter, with horizontal trend and easy traversability.

Terni 9m 2m

A horizontally developed cavity, readapted as a shelter, with horizontal trend and easy traversability.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Terni
  • Cadastre no.: UM976
  • Length: 9 meters
  • Depth: 2 meters
  • Record updated:

Location

Entrance context: rural, anthropized. The entrance opens onto the road. Locality: Vocabolo Valleprata, Pediluco.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Grotta Valleprata

    Elevation: 384 m

    42.531352, 12.748960
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Description

Morphology

Horizontally developed cavity, readapted as a shelter. Trend: horizontal. Geology: MAI Maiolica – Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous (Tithonian-Aptian); stratified micritic limestones; stratified.

Progression

Traversability: easy; recommended period: all year. Hazards: landslides/collapses.

Other details

Pollution: solid waste, medium intensity; presence of numerous waste and abandoned material inside.

Bio

Chiroptera: presence of a bat colony, 10 specimens present on 26/11/2022. The small bat colony observed in 2022 is no longer present as of February 2024.

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Source: Catasto Cavità Umbria (Federazione Umbra Gruppi Speleologici, FUGS) (catasto.fugs.it), modified. LicenseRef-FUGS-no-licence-stated Federazione Umbra Gruppi Speleologici (FUGS), Catasto Speleologico dell'Umbria · https://catasto.fugs.it/index.php?mod=caves&op=view&id=976 · data as of 2025