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[1]) which have been extensively explored over the last 50 years by Spanish and British cavers.[2]

As of December 2016 the total length of cave passage explored, was 377 km.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Matienzo Caves Project".
  2. 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • 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

43°18′47″N 3°34′56″W / 43.31306°N 3.58222°W / 43.31306; -3.58222


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