Etna East – Territory: Randazzo
Coordinate: 37°48’45.8″N 14°59’19.3″E
37.812720, 14.988699
ELEVATION: 1895m.
Development: 115 meters
Nearest known location: Monte dei Morti
Exploration: Can be visited with speleological equipment.  
Explored by: Dario Teri, Paolo Teri 27.10.2022
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The Grotta del Vento is located in the immense lava field of the Sciara del Follone. It is a fairly simple cavity to visit, at least in its initial part. A beautiful entrance exposed to the north is characterized by the rich presence of ferns and moss. From this you have access to a lower level where two arms open up in a SW/NE direction. The latter, which is the downstream arm, extends for about twenty meters of great interest as on the compact surface bottom a cascade of pahoehoe lava and a small expanse of rope lava are evident. The upstream arm extends for about 125 meters. The first 50 are quite easy to walk through, up to a narrow passage that seems to interrupt the development. In reality a narrow and challenging passage allows access to the second part of the cavity. Here air blows copiously probably due to the morphology of the section. From this characteristic the name Grotta del Vento.
The cave then reopens for about 50 meters with very particular shapes. Among these a beautiful lava bridge, probably the remains of a double channel on two levels. Nearby there are other interesting cavities including the Grotta dei Tunnell and the Grotta Piero Angela, this one explored by us in the same period.

 

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Dario Teri 27 October 2022 Unseen & Little-Known Etna Caves No Responses