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Grotte du Draïoun

A fossil cavity parallel to the cliff, which descends beneath the bay of La Ciotat through a succession of meanders.

La Ciotat 1600m 172m

A fossil cavity parallel to the cliff, which descends beneath the bay of La Ciotat through a succession of meanders.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: La Ciotat
  • Length: 1600 meters
  • Depth: 172 meters
  • Record updated:

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Entrances

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  1. Grotte du Draïoun

    43.181740, 5.565524
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Description

Morphology

A fossil cavity remaining parallel to the cliff and descending beneath the bay of La Ciotat through a succession of meanders. Toward the back, the meander lowers and becomes increasingly muddy.

Other details

Danger

Dangerous presence of CO 2.

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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/5993 · 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 Soufflet Benjamin, Soufflet Benjamin (Danger) · 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/5993 · data as of 2026