Padirac Chasm

E395516

Padirac Chasm is a famous limestone sinkhole and underground cave system in southwestern France, renowned for its vast subterranean galleries and boat-accessible river.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Padirac Chasm canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf karst cave system
limestone sinkhole
tourist attraction
approximateAnnualVisitors hundreds of thousands
category show cave
country France
discoveredBy Édouard-Alfred Martel
discoveryDate 1889
firstExplorationBy Édouard-Alfred Martel
geologicalFormation limestone
geologicalProcess karst erosion
hasFeature boat-accessible passages
large underground chambers
stalactites
stalagmites
subterranean galleries
underground river
vertical sinkhole entrance
hasTour guided underground boat tour
guided walking tour
languageOfGuidedTours English
French
locatedIn Lot department
southwestern France
locatedInHistoricalRegion Quercy
locatedInRegion Occitanie
locatedNear Rocamadour
management Compagnie du Gouffre de Padirac
maximumDepth approximately 103 metres
nearbyCity Brive-la-Gaillarde
nearbyTown Gramat
notableChamber Salle du Grand Dôme
notableChamberHeight approximately 94 metres (Salle du Grand Dôme)
notableFor boat-accessible underground river
spectacular vertical shaft entrance
vast subterranean galleries
openToPublic yes
partOf Grands Causses
surface form: Causses du Quercy karst area
publicOpeningDate 1898
riverName Rivière de Padirac
shaftDepth approximately 75 metres
touristAccess lifts
stairs
underground boats
walkways
touristSeason typically spring to autumn
undergroundRiverLength approximately 500 metres (tourist route)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.