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Grotte du Perthuis

A short gallery leads to a series of descended pits (S1 to S3), with rope access to the dry galleries and the S4 and S5 sumps.

Marchamp 1500m 60m

A short gallery leads to a series of descended pits (S1 to S3), with rope access to the dry galleries and the S4 and S5 sumps.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Marchamp
  • Length: 1500 meters
  • Depth: 60 meters
  • Record updated:

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  1. Grotte du Perthuis

    45.794355, 5.543396
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Description

Morphology

A short gallery leads to a S1 (10 m/-3 m), followed immediately by a S2 (approximately 180 m/-17 m) then a S3 (approximately 50 m/-17 m).

Hydrology

Above the S3, a rope leads to the dry galleries and to the S4 and S5 sumps.

Progression

Survey in progress (2009).

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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/412 · 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 Xavier Robert (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/412 · data as of 2026