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Caves of Canejan

The municipality of Canejan, in Val d'Aran, has 2 cavities, both pits. The longest is Horat Ajsc-44, at 100 m, and the deepest is Horat Ajsc-26, at 35 m. Both are in marble.

Canejan has 2 catalogued caves, including 2 potholes and 0 caves. The longest is Horat Ajsc-44 (100m) and the deepest is Horat Ajsc-26 (35m). Most caves are found in marble.

2caves
160mtotal length
35mmax depth

Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.

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The municipality of Canejan, in the comarca of Val d'Aran, has 2 catalogued cavities, both pits. The total recorded length is 160 m and the maximum depth is 35 m. The lithology associated with both cavities is marble.

The longest cavity is Horat Ajsc-44, at 100 m, a 30 m deep fissure in the Liat area (Val d'Aran), SE of the Tuc de Crabes, about 160 metres N of the GR-211 path. The deepest cavity is Horat Ajsc-26, a pit 35 m deep in the Liat area (Val d'Aran). Both were discovered and explored on 25 August 1972 by members of the speleology section of the AJSC.

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The 20 longest

  1. 1Horat Ajsc-44Canejan, Lleida100 m
  2. 2Horat Ajsc-26Canejan, Lleida60 m
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The 20 deepest

  1. 1Horat Ajsc-26Canejan, Lleida35 m
  2. 2Horat Ajsc-44Canejan, Lleida30 m
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Horat Ajsc-44100 meters30 metersCanejanVal d'Aran
Horat Ajsc-2660 meters35 metersCanejanVal d'Aran

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Source: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modified. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/