Caves and potholes of Aosta Valley
The catalogue of Aosta Valley lists 138 caves, including 10 potholes and 89 caves. The longest is Romains (Trou des) (1,794 m).
138 caves
4.6 km total length
73m max depth
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 8. Without depth data: 15. Without known lithology: 138.
The 20 longest
| # | Cave | Location | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romains (Trou des) | Courmayeur | 1,794 m |
| 2 | Borna di Ciove | Torgnon | 200 m |
| 3 | Gran Borna | La Thuile | 176 m |
| 4 | Borna di Rompailly | Brusson | 124 m |
| 5 | Trou du Diable | Valgrisenche | 120 m |
| 6 | Ran (Borna du) | Valsavarenche | 115 m |
| 7 | Grotta di Petosan | Morgex | 105 m |
| 8 | Balma dei Camosci | Courmayeur | 80 m |
| 9 | Grotta di Ivery | Pont-Saint-Martin | 78 m |
| 10 | Diaclasi del Truc dell'Elena | Rhêmes-Notre-Dame | 70 m |
| 11 | Gouffre des Busserailles | Valtournenche | 60 m |
| 12 | Grotta degli Archeologi | Quart | 53 m |
| 13 | Ghiacciaia di Emarese | Emarèse | 51 m |
| 14 | Pozzo 1 di Punta Jolanda | Gressoney-La-Trinité | 42 m |
| 15 | Faia (Borna d'la) | Bionaz | 39 m |
| 16 | Caverna VM13 | Pontey | 35 m |
| 17 | Fratture di Perloz | Perloz | 32 m |
| 18 | Borna de Feie | Avise | 30 m |
| 19 | Fessura di Verrogne | Saint-Pierre | 30 m |
| 20 | Il Dolmen | Donnas | 30 m |
The 20 deepest
| # | Cave | Location | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romains (Trou des) | Courmayeur | 73 m |
| 2 | Diaclasi del Truc dell'Elena | Rhêmes-Notre-Dame | 48 m |
| 3 | Borna di Ciove | Torgnon | 47 m |
| 4 | Gran Borna | La Thuile | 45 m |
| 5 | Grotta di Petosan | Morgex | 42 m |
| 6 | Borna di Rompailly | Brusson | 30 m |
| 7 | Grotta di Ivery | Pont-Saint-Martin | 29 m |
| 8 | Ghiacciaia di Emarese | Emarèse | 24 m |
| 9 | Grotta degli Archeologi | Quart | 24 m |
| 10 | Pozzo di Vollein | Quart | 24 m |
| 11 | Gouffre des Busserailles | Valtournenche | 17 m |
| 12 | Faia (Borna d'la) | Bionaz | 16 m |
| 13 | Pozzo V.4 | Quart | 16 m |
| 14 | Ran (Borna du) | Valsavarenche | 15 m |
| 15 | Diaclasi delle 1a Pyramides | Courmayeur | 14 m |
| 16 | Diaclasi delle 4a Pyramides | Courmayeur | 14 m |
| 17 | Pozzo di Emarese | Emarèse | 14 m |
| 18 | Diaclasi delle 3a Pyramides | Courmayeur | 13 m |
| 19 | Pozzo 1 di Punta Jolanda | Gressoney-La-Trinité | 13 m |
| 20 | Borna de Feie | Avise | 12 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]