Caves and potholes of León
The catalogue of León lists 38 caves, including 6 potholes and 8 caves. The longest is Torca de la Cornisa (6,445m).
38caves
28.9kmtotal length
1,507mmax depth
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 5. Without depth data: 1. Without known lithology: 38.
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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
- 1Torca de la CornisaPosada de Valdeón6,445 m
- 2VM30 - El ArenalValdelugueros4,140 m
- 3Cueva de ValporqueroVegacervera3,498 m
- 4Sima de la HorcadinaPosada de Valdeón3,285 m
- 5Pozo del MadejunoPosada de Valdeón2,853 m
- 6Lendreras - VM3Valdelugueros1,340 m
- 7Sistema La Yandre - CC3Burón1,259 m
- 8Tibigracias/H-1Valdelugueros1,050 m
- 9Cueva del MelluqueSan Emiliano750 m
- 10Red del EspinoValdelugueros675 m
- 11Cueva del RasoPrioro635 m
- 12Sil del CalderoCármenes498 m
- 13ViolinaVillamanín373 m
- 14Cueva del PandoPrioro358 m
- 15Cueva del JesusValdepiélago298 m
- 16PR3Prioro162 m
- 17VR-7San Emiliano150 m
- 18CP11Burón149 m
- 19El Gorretin ColoradoSena de Luna140 m
- 20El Vizcaino - CC2Burón128 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Torca de la CornisaPosada de Valdeón1,507 m
- 2Pozo del MadejunoPosada de Valdeón1,252 m
- 3Sima de la HorcadinaPosada de Valdeón803 m
- 4Sil del CalderoCármenes232 m
- 5Cueva de ValporqueroVegacervera221 m
- 6ViolinaVillamanín186 m
- 7VR-2San Emiliano149 m
- 8Cueva del MelluqueSan Emiliano105 m
- 9El Gorretin ColoradoSena de Luna94 m
- 10El Vizcaino - CC2Burón82 m
- 11Sistema La Yandre - CC3Burón82 m
- 12Pozon de TejedoCrémenes71 m
- 13La GrailleraSena de Luna64 m
- 14VM30 - El ArenalValdelugueros61 m
- 15Cueva del PandoPrioro57 m
- 16Lendreras - VM3Valdelugueros50 m
- 17VR-7San Emiliano45 m
- 18Cueva del JesusValdepiélago43 m
- 19Tibigracias/H-1Valdelugueros40 m
- 20La BotijaPrioro31 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]