Etna South West – Territory: Ragalna
Coordinates: UTM wgs84 33s 494795 4167491
ELEVATION: 980 m.
Development: 50 mt 
Nearest known location: Monte Arso
Exploration: Visitable with helmet and torch
First exploration: 18 Dec 2023 by Marcello Cantone and Dario Teri
Notified to the relevant municipality on \\
The Minicucco cave takes its name from the presence of a Bagolaro tree at its entrance, in Sicilian dialect precisely minicucco. It is a cavity certainly known in the recent past, by the owners of the land cultivated with olive trees and today forgotten. Evidence of this is the fact that the entrance at the time of the discovery was covered by a very thick blanket of brambles with important trunks and that it was necessary to open a passage with a bolt cutter and scissors to be able to access it.
The cave is located at an altitude of 980 meters and is relatively easy to reach, being located a few hundred meters from Via delle Grotte Catanesi, near a casudda and a sheepfold. It is therefore not an unexplored hypogeum like most of those present in the census, but it is not officially registered. From the entrance you access a large volcanic cavity, of great interest, 50 meters long, with 2 large rooms of about 6 meters high and 8 meters wide.

 

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Dario Teri December 19 2023 Unseen & Little-Known Etna Caves No Responses