Caves and potholes of the Balearic Islands
The catalogue of the Balearic Islands lists 391 caves, including 170 potholes and 191 caves. The longest is Coves del Drach (2,400m) and the deepest is Cova sa Campana (317m).
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 379. Without depth data: 379. Without known lithology: 391.
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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
- 1Coves del DrachManacor2,400 m
- 2Cova sa CampanaEscorca1,939 m
- 3Cova de Cala Varques BManacor1,221 m
- 4Cova de Cala Varques AManacor591 m
- 5Cova dels Coloms de Cala FalcóManacor575 m
- 6Coves dels HamsManacor500 m
- 7Cova dels ColomsMigjorn Gran, Es300 m
- 8Cova des GenetManacor186 m
- 9Cova de Cala VarquesManacor163 m
- 10Cova d'en BessóManacor58 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Cova sa CampanaEscorca317 m
- 2Forat dets AmicsEscorca180 m
- 3Avenc des BenavingutsEscorca78 m
- 4Avenc de l'Any NouEscorca72 m
- 5Cova dels Coloms de Cala FalcóManacor39 m
- 6Cova de Cala Varques BManacor36 m
- 7Cova de Cala Varques AManacor28 m
- 8Coves del DrachManacor25 m
- 9Cova de Cala VarquesManacor15 m
- 10Cova des GenetManacor12 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]