Caves and potholes of Vercelli
The catalogue of Vercelli lists 93 caves, including 4 potholes and 78 caves. The longest is Grotta della Arenarie (3,000 m).
93 caves
9.5 km total length
143m max depth
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 2. Without depth data: 14. Without known lithology: 93.
The 20 longest
| # | Cave | Location | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grotta della Arenarie | Valduggia | 3,000 m |
| 2 | Grotta delle Arenarie | Valduggia | 3,000 m |
| 3 | Buco della Bondaccia | Borgosesia | 500 m |
| 4 | Buco della Bondaccia | Borgosesia | 492 m |
| 5 | Fata Morgana | Borgosesia | 350 m |
| 6 | Ciota Ciara | Borgosesia | 202 m |
| 7 | Bo-7 di Boccioleto | Boccioleto | 132 m |
| 8 | Pozzo di San Quirico | Borgosesia | 120 m |
| 9 | Grotta Ovaighe | Varallo | 115 m |
| 10 | Grotta delle Balme | Scopello | 67 m |
| 11 | Ciutarun | Borgosesia | 66 m |
| 12 | Grotta del Laghetto | Borgosesia | 55 m |
| 13 | La Vallaccia | Varallo | 55 m |
| 14 | Grotta del Martello | Civiasco | 50 m |
| 15 | L' Partusacc | Civiasco | 50 m |
| 16 | Grotta della Cava del Massucco | Rassa | 45 m |
| 17 | Grotta della Cava di Marmo del Massucco | Rassa | 45 m |
| 18 | Grotta Etal | Valduggia | 43 m |
| 19 | Grotta del Babbo | Civiasco | 40 m |
| 20 | Buco delle Radici | Valduggia | 38 m |
The 20 deepest
| # | Cave | Location | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grotta della Arenarie | Valduggia | 143 m |
| 2 | Grotta delle Arenarie | Valduggia | 143 m |
| 3 | Buco della Bondaccia | Borgosesia | 101 m |
| 4 | Buco della Bondaccia | Borgosesia | 101 m |
| 5 | Fata Morgana | Borgosesia | 55 m |
| 6 | Ciota Ciara | Borgosesia | 39 m |
| 7 | Pozzo di San Quirico | Borgosesia | 33 m |
| 8 | Grotta delle Balme | Scopello | 27 m |
| 9 | Bo-7 di Boccioleto | Boccioleto | 25 m |
| 10 | Buco delle Radici | Valduggia | 21 m |
| 11 | Grotta Ovaighe | Varallo | 19 m |
| 12 | Balma delle Streghe | Varallo | 18 m |
| 13 | Grotta del Martello | Civiasco | 16 m |
| 14 | Grotta Etal | Valduggia | 15 m |
| 15 | Ciutarun | Borgosesia | 13 m |
| 16 | L' Partusacc | Civiasco | 12 m |
| 17 | Grotta del Laghetto | Borgosesia | 11 m |
| 18 | Grotta della Mamma | Borgosesia | 11 m |
| 19 | Bell'ingresso | Valduggia | 9 m |
| 20 | Bo-3 di Boccioleto | Boccioleto | 9 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]