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Caves and potholes of Veneto

The catalogue of Veneto lists 6,399 caves, including 1,304 potholes and 4,878 caves. The longest is Buso della Rana (24,135 m) and the deepest is Spluga della Preta (985 m).

6,399 caves
288.4 km total length
985m max depth

Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 29. Without depth data: 544. Without known lithology: 6,399.

The 20 longest

Full ranking: longest caves in Veneto

The 20 deepest

Full ranking: deepest caves and potholes in Veneto

Map

Provinces

Vicenza

3,970 caves
174.7 km
974m
🏆 Longest: Buso della Rana (24,135m)
⬇️ Deepest: Abisso di Malga Fossetta (974m)

Belluno

1,213 caves
43.3 km
966m
🏆 Longest: PE 10 (7,601m)
⬇️ Deepest: PE 10 (966m)

Verona

650 caves
36.1 km
985m
🏆 Longest: Spluga della Preta (4,362m)
⬇️ Deepest: Spluga della Preta (985m)

Treviso

544 caves
34.0 km
588m
🏆 Longest: Busa di Castel Sotterra (6,752m)
⬇️ Deepest: Bus de la Genziana (588m)

Padova

22 caves
301 m
16m
🏆 Longest: Busa de l'Orso (60m)
⬇️ Deepest: Buco del Tempietto (16m)

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.