Matienzo Explained

Matienzo is the name of a village and a karst depression some 25 km southeast of Santander in Ruesga municipality, Cantabria, northern Spain. The limestone around Matienzo is riddled with caves (up to 58.6 km in length^[1]) which have been extensively explored over the last 50 years by Spanish and British cavers.^[2]

the total length of cave passage explored, was 377 km.

External links

• Matienzo Caves site Information about the area, more than 4000 caves, research details, cave surveys and thousands of photos], www.matienzocaves.org
• Matienzo: 50 Years of Speleology Cave exploration, cave diving, geology, archaeology, geomorphology and personal recollections, dual language overview of 50 years of speleology in and around Matienzo, www.rrcpc.org.uk
• Estudios Espeleología by Imágenes NO-DO, 1 January 1965 10 min documentary, featuring descent into Cueva de la Codisera, Matienzo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Matienzo Caves Project .
2. Book: Matienzo : 50 years of speleology = Matienzo : 50 años de espeleologia . 2010 . 2010 . 978-0-9566045-0-7 . Bacup, Lancashire, UK . 700402496 . Corrin . Juan . Smith . Peter .