Caves and potholes of Como
The catalogue of Como lists 739 caves, including 57 potholes and 637 caves. The longest is Fornitori (Ingresso) (68,288 m) and the deepest is Voragine di Monte Bul (557 m).
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 735. Without depth data: 152. Without known lithology: 739.
The 20 longest
| # | Cave | Location | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fornitori (Ingresso) | Sormano | 68,288 m |
The 20 deepest
| # | Cave | Location | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Voragine di Monte Bul | Caglio | 557 m |
| 2 | Fornitori (Ingresso) | Sormano | 549 m |
| 3 | Buco del Latte | Veleso | 428 m |
| 4 | Grotta della Betulla | Caglio | 398 m |
| 5 | Grotta Guglielmo | Faggeto Lario | 394 m |
| 6 | Immacolata | Centro Valle Intelvi | 384 m |
| 7 | Abisso Terzo Mondo | Lezzeno | 378 m |
| 8 | Abisso dei Giganti | Nesso | 345 m |
| 9 | Nevera | Centro Valle Intelvi | 329 m |
| 10 | Büs de la Niccolina | Sormano | 300 m |
| 11 | Pozzo nella Valle di Lot | Zelbio | 290 m |
| 12 | Buco delle Vespe | Caglio | 282 m |
| 13 | Abisso dei Mondi | Zelbio | 278 m |
| 14 | Abisso del Cippei | Sormano | 274 m |
| 15 | Criopolis | Sormano | 240 m |
| 16 | Voragine degli Orsi | Faggeto Lario | 190 m |
| 17 | Caverna Zorro | Albavilla | 177 m |
| 18 | Masera | Nesso | 175 m |
| 19 | Grotta Calati Marcello | Caglio | 165 m |
| 20 | Buco della Volpe | Cernobbio | 163 m |
Map
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.
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]