Caves and potholes of Spain by province

Explore the caves and potholes of Spain organised by province and grouped by autonomous community. Discover the caves of each province, with the total surveyed length, the longest, the deepest and the map.

provinces: 40
caves: 13,108
total length: 2,448.5km

Catalonia

Barcelona

1,969 caves

80.6km

291m

🏆 Longest: Cova dels Meandres de Sal (4,300m)

⬇️ Deepest: Avenc de l'Esquerrà (291m)

Lleida

1,134 caves

83.7km

571m

🏆 Longest: Cova Cuberes (13,513m)

⬇️ Deepest: Sistema de la Bargadèra (571m)

Tarragona

1,104 caves

71.4km

283m

🏆 Longest: Cova de l'Espluga (3,590m)

⬇️ Deepest: Avenc Cp.6 (283m)

Girona

665 caves

31.6km

96m

🏆 Longest: les Correjades (1,835m)

⬇️ Deepest: Forat del Miquelet (96m)

Gipuzkoa

1,952 caves

132.4km

522m

🏆 Longest: Arrikrutz (14,000m)

⬇️ Deepest: Gazteluko Urzuloa (522m)

Álava

9 caves

480m

196m

🏆 Longest: Sima del Puente (180m)

⬇️ Deepest: Goba Haundi (196m)

Bizkaia

5 caves

90.2km

451m

🏆 Longest: Sima del Hayal de Ponata VII (90,000m)

⬇️ Deepest: Sima del Hayal de Ponata VII (451m)

Almería

435 caves

130m

⬇️ Deepest: Sistema del Corral (130m)

Málaga

395 caves

1,101m

⬇️ Deepest: Sima GESM (1,101m)

Cádiz

227 caves

202m

⬇️ Deepest: Sima del Republicano (202m)

Jaén

190 caves

216m

⬇️ Deepest: Sima de Lemus (216m)

Granada

177 caves

241m

⬇️ Deepest: Cueva de Don Fernando (241m)

Córdoba

125 caves

174m

⬇️ Deepest: Sima del Tesoro (174m)

Sevilla

16 caves

7 caves · 1 shaft · 8 other cavities

Huelva

12 caves

8 caves · 1 shaft · 3 other cavities

Valencia

68 caves

38 caves · 23 shafts · 7 other cavities

Castellón

38 caves

22 caves · 9 shafts · 7 other cavities

Alicante

28 caves

20 caves · 7 shafts · 1 other cavity

Burgos

48 caves

206.2km

453m

🏆 Longest: Cueva Palomera (110,000m)

⬇️ Deepest: IM 3 (453m)

León

38 caves

28.9km

1,507m

🏆 Longest: Torca de la Cornisa (6,445m)

⬇️ Deepest: Torca de la Cornisa (1,507m)

Palencia

17 caves

18.1km

374m

🏆 Longest: Sima del Espiguete (6,083m)

⬇️ Deepest: Sistema Chovas-ENO17 (374m)

Soria

1 cave

500m

132m

🏆 Longest: Fuentona de Muriel (500m)

⬇️ Deepest: Fuentona de Muriel (132m)

Zamora

1 cave

Huesca

77 caves

97.0km

1,327m

🏆 Longest: Sistema Partacua (Sima PE-6) (17,427m)

⬇️ Deepest: Sima del Sabbat (1,327m)

Teruel

10 caves

13.2km

335m

🏆 Longest: Cueva Foratata (3,814m)

⬇️ Deepest: Cueva Foratata (335m)

Zaragoza

3 caves

26m

🏆 Longest: Colgadas Foz Burgui (20m)

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

11 caves

27.1km

560m

🏆 Longest: Cueva del Viento (17,032m)

⬇️ Deepest: Cueva del Viento (560m)

Las Palmas

9 caves

9.4km

60m

🏆 Longest: Cueva de los Verdes (6,000m)

⬇️ Deepest: Cueva de los Verdes (60m)

Guadalajara

7 caves

3.3km

142m

🏆 Longest: Cueva de las Majadillas (2,070m)

⬇️ Deepest: Sima de Manuel Mozo (142m)

Albacete

4 caves

32.5km

130m

🏆 Longest: Cueva de los Chorros (32,500m)

⬇️ Deepest: Cueva de los Chorros (130m)

Cuenca

1 cave

121m

⬇️ Deepest: Sima de Juan Herranz I (121m)

129m

⬇️ Deepest: Sima Aradelas (129m)

Navarre

2,504 caves

284.9km

1,435m

🏆 Longest: Sima de la Piedra de San Martin (80,620m)

⬇️ Deepest: BU-56 Illaminako Ateak (1,435m)

Cantabria

917 caves

1,168.2km

1,169m

🏆 Longest: Sima Alto de Tejuelo 8 (218,553m)

⬇️ Deepest: Sima 056 (1,169m)

Balearic Islands

391 caves

7.9km

317m

🏆 Longest: Coves del Drach (2,400m)

⬇️ Deepest: Cova sa Campana (317m)

La Rioja

322 caves

16.4km

125m

🏆 Longest: Cueva de Peñamiel (1,420m)

⬇️ Deepest: Sima de San Bartolomé o El Maestro (125m)

Asturias

193 caves

44.6km

666m

🏆 Longest: Cueva Huerta (23,294m)

⬇️ Deepest: T. de Cuevapalacios (666m)

Caves and potholes of Spain by province

Barcelona

Lleida

Tarragona

Girona

Gipuzkoa

Álava

Bizkaia

Almería

Málaga

Cádiz

Jaén

Granada

Córdoba

Sevilla

Huelva

Valencia

Castellón

Alicante

Burgos

León

Palencia

Soria

Zamora

Huesca

Teruel

Zaragoza

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Las Palmas

Guadalajara

Albacete

Cuenca

Toledo

Cáceres

A Coruña

Lugo

Single-province communities

Navarre

Cantabria

Balearic Islands

La Rioja

Asturias