Caves and potholes of Cantabria
The catalogue of Cantabria lists 917 caves, including 211 potholes and 262 caves. The longest is Sima Alto de Tejuelo 8 (218,553m) and the deepest is Sima 056 (1,169m).
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 71. Without depth data: 243. Without known lithology: 917.
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The figures of these places do not add up to the total: a cave can be in more than one place, or in none when its location has no lower level.
The 20 longest
- 1Sima Alto de Tejuelo 8Ruesga218,553 m
- 2Torca de Mazo ChicoSoba147,890 m
- 3Torca La SimaSoba119,000 m
- 4Torca de BernallánArredondo100,907 m
- 5Cueva del CovarónVoto79,706 m
- 6Cueva del ValleRasines60,223 m
- 7Cueva CoventosaArredondo37,258 m
- 8Torca de ZpilicuetaRuesga32,951 m
- 9Cueva de la VallinaArredondo31,785 m
- 10Cueva FrescaSoba25,353 m
- 11Cuvio o cubío o cueva de la ReñadaRuesga24,915 m
- 12Torca del Hoyo GrandeSoba21,800 m
- 13Torca del RegatonRuesga20,780 m
- 14Cueva del Hoyo SalcedilloSoba18,800 m
- 15Torca La VacaEntrambasaguas15,478 m
- 16Cueva del AguaTresviso15,000 m
- 17Cueva del LoboSoba14,780 m
- 18Cueva CayuelaArredondo13,500 m
- 19Sima-cueva del RiscoRuesga10,615 m
- 20Cueva del AguaSoba10,033 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Sima 056Cillorigo de Liébana1,169 m
- 2Torca de Mazo ChicoSoba950 m
- 3Torca del Cueto de los CalabrerosCillorigo de Liébana831 m
- 4Cueva CoventosaArredondo829 m
- 5Torca La SimaSoba814 m
- 6VA 1Cillorigo de Liébana792 m
- 7Sima del FloreroCillorigo de Liébana723 m
- 8Sistema SaraCillorigo de Liébana648 m
- 9Sima Alto de Tejuelo 8Ruesga626 m
- 10Torca de BernallánArredondo605 m
- 11Torca de las Pasadas n°251 BajaRuesga589 m
- 12Torca de las Pasadas n°274Ruesga589 m
- 13I-25Camaleño583 m
- 14Cueva del Hoyo SalcedilloSoba532 m
- 15Torca del Hoyo GrandeSoba530 m
- 16Cueva CayuelaArredondo527 m
- 17Cueva FrescaSoba507 m
- 18Cueva del ValleRasines477 m
- 19CT 3Soba436 m
- 20Cueva del AguaTresviso392 m
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. · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]