Caves and potholes of Varese
The catalogue of Varese lists 478 caves, including 49 potholes and 394 caves. The longest is Via col Vento (3,000 m) and the deepest is Grotta G.V. Schiaparelli (640 m).
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 475. Without depth data: 71. Without known lithology: 478.
The 20 longest
| # | Cave | Location | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Via col Vento | Barasso | 3,000 m |
| 2 | Grotta San Martino | Cuveglio | 670 m |
| 3 | Abisso Primeros | Cassano Valcuvia | 278 m |
The 20 deepest
| # | Cave | Location | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grotta G.V. Schiaparelli | Luvinate | 640 m |
| 2 | Grotta Marelli | Varese | 512 m |
| 3 | Grotta dei Mattarelli | Luvinate | 417 m |
| 4 | Büs del Remeron | Comerio | 343 m |
| 5 | Büs de la Scondurava | Comerio | 305 m |
| 6 | Abisso dei Ghiri | Comerio | 269 m |
| 7 | Abisso Scondurelli | Barasso | 263 m |
| 8 | Busa della Befanassa | Barasso | 254 m |
| 9 | Via col Vento | Barasso | 236 m |
| 10 | Via Col Vento (I Ingresso) | Luvinate | 236 m |
| 11 | Nuovi Orizzonti | Luvinate | 233 m |
| 12 | Grotta di San Martino | Cuveglio | 182 m |
| 13 | Grotta San Martino | Cuveglio | 182 m |
| 14 | Abisso dei Tigli | Arcisate | 163 m |
| 15 | Bifora | Luvinate | 140 m |
| 16 | Grotta di Cima Paradiso | Luvinate | 139 m |
| 17 | Abisso Primeros | Cassano Valcuvia | 115 m |
| 18 | Grotta del Frassino | Varese | 113 m |
| 19 | Grotta Shanghai | Luvinate | 109 m |
| 20 | Grotta Toto' il Magnifico | Luvinate | 107 m |
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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]