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Grotte del Bandito (1002-1003 Pi/CN)
(Bandit Caves)
TECHNICAL CARD Cave of the Bandit roofs (1002 Pi/CN)
Commune: |
Roaschia, Tetti Bandito |
Valley: |
Gesso |
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Mons: |
Rocca Asperiosa |
Map I.G.M.: |
90 I NE Valdieri |
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Coordinates: |
long.: 5°01’27"lat.: 44°17’23" |
Quota: |
726 m a.s.l. |
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Length: |
217 m |
Difference in level: |
+6 m |
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Lithotype: |
Limestone |
TECHNICAL CARD Western Bandit Cave (1003 Pi/CN)
Commune: |
Roaschia, Tetti Bandito |
Valley: |
Gesso |
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Mons: |
Rocca Asperiosa |
Map I.G.M.: |
90 I NE Valdieri |
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Coordinates: |
long.: 5°01'32"lat.: 44°17'23" |
Quota: |
729 m a.s.l. |
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Length: |
690 m |
Difference in level: |
-6 +6 m |
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Lithotype: |
Limestone |
These are caves with palaeontological interest, exploited a lot as bones mines at the begin of the twentieth, also if in the following years they has been object of recurring excavations. The cavities are horizontal and the western one has been object in the nineties of speleological explorations
The author visited this caves at the begin of his biospeleological career and also recently in 1998/9 for the realization of the biospeleological documentary produced by the Turin Regional Natural Science Museum.
These caves are locus typicus of Eukoenenia spelaea and into them live the Diplopoda Plectogona vignai, the Chilopoda Lithobius scotophilus
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