Caves and potholes of Spain
The catalogue of Spain lists 13,108 caves, including 5,962 potholes and 5,942 caves. The longest is Sima Alto de Tejuelo 8 (218,553m) and the deepest is Torca de la Cornisa (1,507m). Most caves are found in limestone.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 4,275. Without depth data: 3,215. Without known lithology: 8,236.
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Autonomous communities
Navarre
2,504 cavesLa Rioja
322 cavesThe 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.
The 20 longest
- 1Sima Alto de Tejuelo 8Ruesga, Cantabria218,553 m
- 2Torca de Mazo ChicoSoba, Cantabria147,890 m
- 3Torca La SimaSoba, Cantabria119,000 m
- 4Cueva PalomeraMerindad de Sotoscueva, Burgos110,000 m
- 5Torca de BernallánArredondo, Cantabria100,907 m
- 6Sima del Hayal de Ponata VIIUrduña/Orduña, Bizkaia90,000 m
- 7Sima de la Piedra de San MartinIsaba/Izaba, Navarra80,620 m
- 8Cueva del CovarónVoto, Cantabria79,706 m
- 9Cueva del ValleRasines, Cantabria60,223 m
- 10Cueva CoventosaArredondo, Cantabria37,258 m
- 11Torca de ZpilicuetaRuesga, Cantabria32,951 m
- 12Cueva de los ChorrosRiópar, Albacete32,500 m
- 13Cueva de la VallinaArredondo, Cantabria31,785 m
- 14Sistema AñelarraIsaba/Izaba, Navarra25,800 m
- 15Cueva FrescaSoba, Cantabria25,353 m
- 16Cuvio o cubío o cueva de la ReñadaRuesga, Cantabria24,915 m
- 17Cueva HuertaTeverga, Asturias23,294 m
- 18Torca del Hoyo GrandeSoba, Cantabria21,800 m
- 19Torca del RegatonRuesga, Cantabria20,780 m
- 20Cueva los LagosEspinosa de los Monteros, Burgos19,300 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Torca de la CornisaPosada de Valdeón, León1,507 m
- 2BU-56 Illaminako AteakIsaba/Izaba, Navarra1,435 m
- 3Sima de la Piedra de San MartinIsaba/Izaba, Navarra1,410 m
- 4Sima del SabbatPlan, Huesca1,327 m
- 5Pozo del MadejunoPosada de Valdeón, León1,252 m
- 6Sima 056Cillorigo de Liébana, Cantabria1,169 m
- 7Sima GESMTolox, Málaga1,101 m
- 8Torca de Mazo ChicoSoba, Cantabria950 m
- 9Sima Camino AraTorla-Ordesa, Huesca943 m
- 10Torca del Cueto de los CalabrerosCillorigo de Liébana, Cantabria831 m
- 11Cueva CoventosaArredondo, Cantabria829 m
- 12Sistema Partacua (Sima PE-6)Sabiñánigo, Huesca825 m
- 13AN-8Isaba/Izaba, Navarra819 m
- 14Torca La SimaSoba, Cantabria814 m
- 15Sima de la HorcadinaPosada de Valdeón, León803 m
- 16VA 1Cillorigo de Liébana, Cantabria792 m
- 17Sima del BasteBorau, Huesca759 m
- 18Sistema AñelarraIsaba/Izaba, Navarra739 m
- 19Sima del FloreroCillorigo de Liébana, Cantabria723 m
- 20UK-4Isaba/Izaba, Navarra717 m
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]