Matienzo
Matienzo is the name of a village and a karst depression some 25 km southeast of Santander in Ruesga municipality, Cantabria, northern Spain. The limestone around Matienzo is riddled with caves (up to 58.6 km in length) which have been extensively explored over the last 50 years by Spanish and British cavers.
As of December 2016 the total length of cave passage explored, was 377 km.
References
- ^ "Matienzo Caves Project".
- ^ Corrin, Juan; Smith, Peter (2010). Matienzo : 50 years of speleology = Matienzo : 50 años de espeleologia. Bacup, Lancashire, UK. ISBN 978-0-9566045-0-7. OCLC 700402496.
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External links
- Matienzo Caves site Information about the area, more than 4000 caves, research details, cave surveys and thousands of photos], www.matienzocaves.org
- Matienzo: 50 Years of Speleology Cave exploration, cave diving, geology, archaeology, geomorphology and personal recollections, dual language overview of 50 years of speleology in and around Matienzo, www.rrcpc.org.uk
- Estudios Espeleología by Imágenes NO-DO, 1 January 1965 10 min documentary, featuring descent into Cueva de la Codisera, Matienzo
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