M2
a cavity whose entrance opens in a cleared rubble slope at the foot of a rock band descends to -48 through decorated chambers, shafts and meanders.
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M2
a cavity whose entrance opens in a cleared rubble slope at the foot of a rock band descends to -48 through decorated chambers, shafts and meanders.
Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes
Length: 60 m · Depth: 48 m
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a cavity whose entrance opens in a cleared rubble slope at the foot of a rock band descends to -48 through decorated chambers, shafts and meanders.
Description
Morphology
a narrow down-climb between fluted walls leads into a small decorated chamber 2 m x 2.5 m; the floor is broken by a fine 27 m pit, of variable diameter (from 1 m to 2.5 m), with a ledge of blocks wedged in the flutes 12 metres lower. 4 metres below this ledge, a window is a view onto a short forced conduit parallel to the wall, oriented east/west, blocked by speleothems. The bottom of the shaft is a stony slope that narrows into the start of a meander at the low point. Another parallel niche, behind, descends a little less deep.
Speleothems
The small entrance chamber is decorated; the forced conduit parallel to the wall is blocked by speleothems. Lower down, a small chamber is adorned with sharp blades, and the bottom is decorated; an impenetrable passage, between massive flows, was filled with water at the time of exploration.
Hydrology
An impenetrable passage, between massive flows, was filled with water at the time of exploration.
Progression
a dig allowed the constriction to be passed and an 8-metre down-climb to be descended which, widening, leads to a small chamber adorned with sharp blades. -48 is reached by descending on the left between blades surmounted by a small chimney.
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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/35170 · 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 Cds 11 (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/35170 · data as of 2026