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Ikaburu Matxingonea

Cave with a complex layout, a narrow entrance, branches, a stream and chambers with stalactites and stalagmites, discovered in 1808 near Urdax.

Urdazubi/Urdax 250m 10m

Cave with a complex layout, a narrow entrance, branches, a stream and chambers with stalactites and stalagmites, discovered in 1808 near Urdax.

Caratteristiche

Località

The entrance is located near the Matxingonea farmstead, at the entrance to Urdax, with a fork to the North.

Mappa

Ingressi

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  1. Ikaburu Matxingonea

    Quota: 120 m

    43.277366, -1.512504
    UTM 30T (ED 50) 620804 4792900
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Descrizione

Morfologia

Altadill, in Geografía del País Vasco Navarro, describes it as having a very complex layout, with a narrow entrance, considerable development and various branches that connect with one another. After the fork to the North is the Salón de Recepciones, 30 meters long by 23 meters wide.

Concrezioni

It contains stalactites and stalagmites. The Salón de Recepciones has interesting formations; the Sala de los Tres Reyes has large stalagmites and the Sala de las Columnas is also of great beauty.

Idrologia

A stream crosses the cave and runs through both the Sala de los Tres Reyes and the Sala de las Columnas.

Progressione

From the entrance, after the fork to the North, one reaches the Salón de Recepciones; the Sala de los Tres Reyes and the Sala de las Columnas, both traversed by a stream, are part of the route.

Altri dettagli

The Cuevas de Ikaburu, also known as the Cuevas de Urdax, were visited by the I.P.V. group in 1952 and 1962, confirming that it is a cave that was exploited for tourism. In more recent history it was a place of refuge for guerrillas and smugglers.

Storia

They were discovered in 1808 by a shepherd from the Urdax area, but the studies carried out date their origin much earlier, about 14,000 years B.C., and it is believed that in Prehistory, 6,000 years ago, they may have been inhabited by man. The Iturralde group visited them in 1952 and 1962. In archaeology, ceramic remains have been found.

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Fonte: Gobierno de Navarra – Catálogo espeleológico de Navarra (datosabiertos.navarra.es), modificato. CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Gobierno de Navarra · dati aggiornati a 2022