Caves of Castellane
Castellane has 12 catalogued caves, including 3 potholes and 8 caves. The longest is Grotte du Sommet des Blaches n°1 (43m) and the deepest is Grotte du Col de Cheiron (10m).
12caves
115mtotal length
10mmax depth
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 6. Without depth data: 5. Without known lithology: 12.
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The 20 longest
- 1Grotte du Sommet des Blaches n°1Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence43 m
- 2Grotte du Sommet des Blaches n°2Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence41 m
- 3Grotte du Sommet des Blaches n°3Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence12 m
- 4Trou du CheminCastellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence10 m
- 5Trou Souffleur des BlachesCastellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence6 m
- 6Abri du SqueletteCastellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence3 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Grotte du Col de CheironCastellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence10 m
- 2Grotte du Sommet des Blaches n°1Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence8 m
- 3Grotte du Sommet des Blaches n°2Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence8 m
- 4Gouffre des CadièresCastellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence7 m
- 5Trou du CheminCastellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence4 m
- 6Trou Souffleur des BlachesCastellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence3 m
- 7Grotte du Sommet des Blaches n°3Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence2 m
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grotte du Sommet des Blaches n°1 | 43 meters | 8 meters | Castellane | |
| Grotte du Sommet des Blaches n°2 | 41 meters | 8 meters | Castellane | |
| Grotte du Sommet des Blaches n°3 | 12 meters | 2 meters | Castellane | |
| Trou du Chemin | 10 meters | 4 meters | Castellane | |
| Trou Souffleur des Blaches | 6 meters | 3 meters | Castellane | |
| Abri du Squelette | 3 meters | — | Castellane | |
| Grotte du Léouvre | — | — | Castellane | |
| Grotte du Col de Cheiron | — | 10 meters | Castellane | |
| Gouffre des Cadières | — | 7 meters | Castellane | |
| Gouffre de Chalonnet n°2 | — | — | Castellane | |
| Gouffre de Chalonnet n°1 | — | — | Castellane | |
| Baume du Torrent de Rayaup | — | — | Castellane |
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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]