Karkar (Ghar)

Esbiaat اسبيعات (cercle de El Gantour - MA - Maroc)
32.183740,-8.684750
Length 2300m Depth 140m
Grottocenter / carte

Location

(Central Morocco, Safi, Chemaïa) Co-ordinates: X190,1 Y181,35 (map 1:50,000 Chemaîa). Alt. 405 m. BTH - 15/12/2025

Description

Short description

Michael Laumanns - 29/11/2015

Formed in Upper Jurassic limestone. Drains an underground stream in wet weather conditions. The complex cave has a lot of boulder chokes two levels and ends at a sump. Explored in 1948 and 1951 to a length exceeding 2,000 m by the Société Spéléologique du Maroc (SSM 1953, map). Description and plan according to Camus & Lamouroux (1981).

Documents

Ghar Karkar 22/08/2025

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229.1Oum en Naga 2 (Ghar)20060
229.1A.F.F. (Kef)036
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248.3Bouba (Kehf)117