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Caves and potholes of Abruzzo

The catalogue of Abruzzo lists 378 caves, including 43 potholes and 308 caves. The longest is Grotta Grande dei Cervi (2,500 m) and the deepest is Pozzo di "tre Portoni" (250 m).

378 caves
28.2 km total length
250m max depth

Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 26. Without depth data: 149. Without known lithology: 378.

The 20 longest

Full ranking: longest caves in Abruzzo

The 20 deepest

Full ranking: deepest caves and potholes in Abruzzo

Map

Provinces

L'Aquila

200 caves
17.6 km
186m
🏆 Longest: Grotta Grande dei Cervi (2,500m)
⬇️ Deepest: Grotte di Stiffe (186m)

Pescara

63 caves
4.6 km
230m
🏆 Longest: Grotta della Lupa (1,500m)
⬇️ Deepest: Grotta della Lupa (230m)

Teramo

62 caves
1.9 km
53m
🏆 Longest: Grotta di S. Angelo le Ripe (142m)
⬇️ Deepest: Pozzo Fonte dei Banditi (53m)

Chieti

53 caves
4.1 km
250m
🏆 Longest: Grotta del Cavallone (1,305m)
⬇️ Deepest: Pozzo di "tre Portoni" (250m)

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.

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]