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Torca de la Laureola

Pit explored from 1984 to 1988 down to the -1125 m level, without reaching the bottom.

Cabrales System Torca del Trave: 9167m 1441m

Pit explored from 1984 to 1988 down to the -1125 m level, without reaching the bottom.

Characteristics

  • Type: Pothole
  • Municipality: Cabrales
  • System length: 9167 meters
  • System depth: 1441 meters
  • Record updated:

Part of the system: Torca del Trave

Location

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Entrances

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  1. Torca de la Laureola

    43.217574, -4.856236
    UTM 30T (ETRS89) 349234.52 4786649.1
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Description

Morphology

T13 is located 70 metres lower than T10 and has noticeably wider passages, and is therefore easier to travel through. The continuation of the Nouvelle branche is a long meander interspersed with shafts, whose longitudinal profile does not show a significant gradient. The Schéhérazade meander sometimes has narrow passages that require exhaling to reduce the volume of the ribcage. The end of the meander is at -1043 m at the top of the Aladin shaft (P82).

Progression

In 1984, a promising pit (T10) had been discovered and explored down to -310 m. In 1985, its exploration was continued down to -823 m in the middle of a vertical section, stopped for lack of ropes (SCS, 1985). In 1986, the promising pit of T10, named Torca de la Laureola (alt.: 2042 m), ends earlier than expected and a bottom is reached at -863 m in a vertical branch. In 1987, around -450 m, the union of the two T10-T13 networks is effective; at the same time, the explorations in the new branch of T10, provisionally stopped around -490 in 1986, continue down to the promising level of -769 m. In 1988, the continuation of the Nouvelle branche of the Torca de la Laureola (T10) is explored from the entrance of T13. The depths reached in this Nouvelle branche require logistical resources; a bivouac is set up around -755 m. The furthest point reached during the expedition is at the -1125 m level, still at the top of a shaft: it is not yet the bottom of the pit.

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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/23459 · 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 · 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/23459 · data as of 2026