Aven Armand Cave

E447928

Aven Armand Cave is a spectacular limestone cavern in southern France renowned for its immense underground chamber filled with hundreds of towering stalagmites.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aven Armand Cave canonical 1
Aven Armand cave 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf limestone cave ⓘ
show cave ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
country France ⓘ
discoveredBy Louis Armand ⓘ
discoveredIn 1897 ⓘ
geologicalFormation limestone ⓘ
hasAccessibility access via man-made shaft and tunnel ⓘ
hasClimate cool stable underground temperature ⓘ
hasConservationConcern impact of tourism on speleothems ⓘ
hasDepth over 70 metres below surface ⓘ
hasFeature large underground chamber ⓘ
speleothems ⓘ
stalactites ⓘ
stalagmites ⓘ
hasFormationProcess karst dissolution of limestone by water ⓘ
hasLighting artificial illumination ⓘ
hasManagement private operator under concession ⓘ
hasParking visitor car park at entrance area ⓘ
hasPhotographicInterest large stalagmite forest ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus located within a protected natural area ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter surface reception buildings ⓘ
languageOfOfficialSignage French ⓘ
locatedIn Lozère department ⓘ
linked to: Lozère

Occitanie region ⓘ
linked to: Occitanie

southern France ⓘ
locatedOn Causse Méjean ⓘ
maximumChamberHeight approximately 45 metres ⓘ
maximumChamberLength approximately 110 metres ⓘ
namedAfter Louis Armand ⓘ
near Gorges du Tarn ⓘ
Meyrueis ⓘ
notableFor hundreds of towering stalagmites ⓘ
immense single chamber ⓘ
openedToPublic 1927 ⓘ
partOf Causses plateau karst system ⓘ
regionType karst plateau ⓘ
subjectOf geological research ⓘ
tourism promotion in Lozère ⓘ
touristAccess guided tours ⓘ
underground funicular ⓘ
usedFor scientific study of karst ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grotte de l’Aven Armand → nameMeaning → Aven Armand Cave ⓘ
Meyrueis → hasNearbyAttraction → Aven Armand cave ⓘ
linked to: Aven Armand Cave