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Caves and potholes of Spain by autonomous community

Explore the caves and potholes of Spain organised by autonomous community. Discover the caves of each territory, with the total surveyed length, the longest, the deepest and the map.

communities
15
caves
13,108
total length
2,448.5km

Catalonia

4,872 caves
267.3km
571m
🏆 Longest: Cova Cuberes (13,513m)
⬇️ Deepest: Sistema de la Bargadèra (571m)

Navarre

2,504 caves
284.9km
1,435m
🏆 Longest: Sima de la Piedra de San Martin (80,620m)
⬇️ Deepest: BU-56 Illaminako Ateak (1,435m)

Basque Country

1,966 caves
223.1km
522m
🏆 Longest: Sima del Hayal de Ponata VII (90,000m)
⬇️ Deepest: Gazteluko Urzuloa (522m)

Andalusia

1,577 caves
1,101m
⬇️ Deepest: Sima GESM (1,101m)

Cantabria

917 caves
1,168.2km
1,169m
🏆 Longest: Sima Alto de Tejuelo 8 (218,553m)
⬇️ Deepest: Sima 056 (1,169m)

Balearic Islands

391 caves
7.9km
317m
🏆 Longest: Coves del Drach (2,400m)
⬇️ Deepest: Cova sa Campana (317m)

La Rioja

322 caves
16.4km
125m
🏆 Longest: Cueva de Peñamiel (1,420m)

Asturias

193 caves
44.6km
666m
🏆 Longest: Cueva Huerta (23,294m)
⬇️ Deepest: T. de Cuevapalacios (666m)

Valencian Community

134 caves
80 caves · 39 shafts · 15 other cavities

Castile and León

105 caves
253.6km
1,507m
🏆 Longest: Cueva Palomera (110,000m)
⬇️ Deepest: Torca de la Cornisa (1,507m)

Aragon

90 caves
110.2km
1,327m
🏆 Longest: Sistema Partacua (Sima PE-6) (17,427m)
⬇️ Deepest: Sima del Sabbat (1,327m)

Canary Islands

20 caves
36.5km
560m
🏆 Longest: Cueva del Viento (17,032m)
⬇️ Deepest: Cueva del Viento (560m)

Castilla–La Mancha

13 caves
35.8km
142m
🏆 Longest: Cueva de los Chorros (32,500m)
⬇️ Deepest: Sima de Manuel Mozo (142m)

Galicia

2 caves
129m
⬇️ Deepest: Sima Aradelas (129m)