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Caves and potholes of Jaén

The catalogue of Jaén lists 190 caves, including 121 potholes and 67 caves.

190caves
216mmax depth

Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 206. Without depth data: 71. Without known lithology: 190.

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Municipalities

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 deepest

  1. 1Sima de LemusValdepeñas de Jaén216 m
  2. 2Sistema LC-15 LC-28Quesada213 m
  3. 3Sima de Hoyo HundidoHuelma186 m
  4. 4Sistema de la Maja BlanquillaLarva172 m
  5. 5Sima de la BeataValdepeñas de Jaén162 m
  6. 6Sima de Pinar NegroSantiago-Pontones155 m
  7. 7Sima Manolo Cuatro PicosSiles152 m
  8. 8Sima del PozoHuelma147 m
  9. 9Sima de la LastraSegura de la Sierra143 m
  10. 10Sima CarrascalejoSantiago-Pontones108 m
  11. 11Sima ColoraCastillo de Locubín104 m
  12. 12Cueva del CinorrioSantiago-Pontones90 m
  13. 13Sistema LC-3 LC-8Quesada88 m
  14. 14Sima de Cerro CaballoValdepeñas de Jaén85 m
  15. 15Sima del Mojon de los Tres TérminosValdepeñas de Jaén79 m
  16. 16Sima G.E.V. 2000Siles77 m
  17. 17Sima CC-1Santiago-Pontones76 m
  18. 18Sima Tiná del PocicoSiles72 m
  19. 19Sima del YelmoSegura de la Sierra70 m
  20. 20Sima los CaracolesOrcera67 m
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