Etna North East – Territory: Castiglione
Coordinates: 37° 48′ 1′ N 15° 0′ 43”E / 37.800497, 15.012060
ELEVATION: 2215 m.
Development: about 40 meters
Nearest known location: Monte Cacciatore
Exploration: Can be visited with speleological equipment.
Explored by: Dario Teri, Paolo Teri on 16.11.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX.
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This is a cave formed on the lowest part of the 1947 fracture (2215 m altitude) compared to the more famous fracture located about 100 meters above sea level, where the Abisso del Ghiaccio is located. The cave opens onto a large and beautiful lava channel. It consists of a rather large room, on the vault of which there is a hole that is essentially the conduit of a hornito, a small chimney for venting gases. On the sides of the cave there are large rolls and very characteristic flow streaks.
We believe that this is a cave that is certainly well known by shepherds and also by people more expert in the area, however it is not listed or named. It was preferred, except for reports of third-party names, to give the name Grotta dell'Hornito for the very evident characteristic mentioned above.
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Dario Teri
29 October 2022
Unseen & Little-Known Etna Caves
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