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Grotte n°6

Grotte du Var developed in the Bathonian, whose cliff entrance opens onto a junction of two galleries.

Tourrettes 32m

Grotte du Var developed in the Bathonian, whose cliff entrance opens onto a junction of two galleries.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Tourrettes
  • Length: 32 meters
  • Record updated:

Location

The entrance of this cave is located in a cliff.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Grotte n°6

    43.664402, 6.740288
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Description

Morphology

A low gallery leads to a junction from which two galleries depart. One returns to the cliff, through a flat-out passage ending in a skylight. The other also opens onto a 6-metre flat-out passage that ends at an ascending but impenetrable fissure.

Other details

This cave is formed in the Bathonian[ref]Article from the collaborative encyclopedia Wikipédia, in French (and access to other languages) > Bathonien: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathonien[/ref] [ref]Guillaume CHARDIN - CDS83, Fichier des cavités du Var > "Grotte N°6" (number 1138022): http://www.fichiertopo.fr/display.php?details=1&indexid=1311[/ref].

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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/27192 · 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 BTH (Description sommaire et géologie) · 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/27192 · data as of 2026