Igue de la Combe de Peyrefit
Orifice of 0.6 m by 0.5 m in a hollow, with a 16-metre pit, a chamber at elevation -16 m and bones at elevation -19 m.
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Igue de la Combe de Peyrefit
Orifice of 0.6 m by 0.5 m in a hollow, with a 16-metre pit, a chamber at elevation -16 m and bones at elevation -19 m.
Quissac-en-Quercy
Depth: 19 m
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Orifice of 0.6 m by 0.5 m in a hollow, with a 16-metre pit, a chamber at elevation -16 m and bones at elevation -19 m.
Description
Morphology
Orifice of 0.6 m by 0.5 m in a hollow of 0.6 m by 1.5 m.
Pit of 16 metres, narrow at the start, which widens after 5 metres.
At elevation -12 m, presence of an orifice.
At elevation -16 m, arrival in a chamber where one can move about easily.
A passage that descends brings us to the start of a small pit blocked by scree; presence of bones (elevation -19 m).
Above this start of the pit, presence of a conduit that rises.
Progression
At elevation -16 m, presence of roots coming from the surface.
Above the start of the small pit, a conduit rises; possibility of climbing without equipment.
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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/64925 · 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 Claude ANTOINE (Description générale) · 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/64925 · data as of 2026