Caves and potholes of Sicily
The catalogue of Sicily lists 20 caves, including 2 potholes and 18 caves. The longest is Abisso del Vento (2,000 m).
20 caves
5.7 km total length
220m max depth
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 12. Without depth data: 13. Without known lithology: 20.
The 20 longest
| # | Cave | Location | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abisso del Vento | Isnello, Palermo | 2,000 m |
| 2 | Grotta dei Personaggini | Montevago, Agrigento | 1,672 m |
| 3 | Grotta dei Tre Livelli | Zafferana Etnea, Catania | 1,150 m |
| 4 | Grotta Zubbia Camilleri | Cattolica Eraclea, Agrigento | 600 m |
| 5 | Grotta Monello | Siracusa | 200 m |
| 6 | Orecchio di Dionisio | Siracusa | 65 m |
| 7 | Grotta della Canapa | Nicolosi, Catania | 50 m |
| 8 | Grotta dei Faggi | Nicolosi, Catania | 10 m |
The 20 deepest
| # | Cave | Location | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abisso del Vento | Isnello, Palermo | 220 m |
| 2 | Grotta del Gelo | Randazzo, Catania | 125 m |
| 3 | Grotta Zubbia Camilleri | Cattolica Eraclea, Agrigento | 80 m |
| 4 | Orecchio di Dionisio | Siracusa | 70 m |
| 5 | Grotta dei Personaggini | Montevago, Agrigento | 47 m |
| 6 | Grotta Monello | Siracusa | 32 m |
| 7 | Grotta della Canapa | Nicolosi, Catania | 10 m |
Map
Provinces
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]