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Perte du Bois de Lacan n°2

Gallery 3 metres at the top of a chamber filled with scree, in a J8-9 geological context.

Viols-le-Fort 3m 2m

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Perte du Bois de Lacan n°2

Gallery 3 metres at the top of a chamber filled with scree, in a J8-9 geological context.

Viols-le-Fort

Length: 3 m · Depth: 2 m

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Gallery 3 metres at the top of a chamber filled with scree, in a J8-9 geological context.

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  1. Perte du Bois de Lacan n°2

    43.735281, 3.715084
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Description

Morphology

Gallery 3 metres constituting the top of a chamber filled with scree (-2).

Other details

Geology: J8-9.

Toponymy: “Lacan”, derived from the Occitan “cauma” or “calma”, designates a rocky plateau on a mountain, or even a moorland.

Source: J-P. HOULEZ: 2001 - Grottes et avens du Pic Saint-Loup et du causse de Viols - Monographie 646p - p 41.

Source: Bénédicte et Jean-Jacques Fénié, “Toponymie occitane”, éditions SUD OUEST UNIVERSITÉ, 126 pages, page 60, index 133.

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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/159455 · 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 BastienR (Description sommaire), BTH (Géologie), BTH (Toponymie) · 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/159455 · data as of 2026