31.7.06

Spain: Sistema del Alto del Tejuelo = 77 km!


On the 20th of July a group of cavers from SECJA (Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain), WOM (Leuven, Belgium) and ACE Mataró (Mataró, Catalunya) made the connection between the Torca De Bernallán and Cueva de Los Moros.

The resulting cave system, Sistema del Alto del Tejuelo has a developpment of 77,577 km and a depth of 605 meter, and is thereby the largest known cave system of Cantabria and the second of Spain (after Ojo Guareña) ...

Besides Bernallán and Los Moros other caves included in the system are: Canto Encaramado (explored in the early '90's by AER Ramales), Torca de La Canal-Riañon (explored by SCD Dijon) and Cotero (explored by ACE Mataro)....

The connection between Canto Encaramado and Bernallán on the one side and La Canal and Los Moros-Cotero on the other side was realised some years ago...

Dirk Hermans - SECJA/ WOM

from: WCN

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