Aven du Devès de Virac
Aven du Devès de Virac is a cave in Ardèche and Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Access is restricted and requires permission. Aven du Devès de Virac is situated nearby to the cave Event supérieur de Foussoubie, as well as near Event de Foussoubie.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chauvet Cave and Grotte des Huguenots.
Chauvet Cave
Cave
Photo: Inocybe, Public domain.
The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in the Ardèche department of southeastern France is a cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. Chauvet Cave is situated 1¼ km northeast of Aven du Devès de Virac.
Grotte des Huguenots
Cave
Photo: JYB Devot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grotte des Huguenots is a cave, which is situated 1 km northeast of Aven du Devès de Virac.
Grotte de la Vacheresse
Cave
Photo: JYB Devot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grotte de la Vacheresse is a cave, which is situated 1¼ km northeast of Aven du Devès de Virac.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pont d’Arc and Salavas.
Pont d’Arc
Locality
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The Pont d'Arc is a large natural bridge, located in the Ardèche département in the south of France, 5 km from the town of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc. The arch, formed when the river Ardèche broke through a narrow escarpment between its meander, is 59 metres wide and 34 m high at the top of the opening.
Salavas
Village
Photo: René Dinkel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salavas is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France. Salavas is situated 2½ km northwest of Aven du Devès de Virac.
Vallon-Pont-d’Arc
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Vallon-Pont-d'Arc is a town and commune in the Ardèche département, in the south of France. Nearby cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, decorated by well preserved prehistoric drawings of human figures and animals was inscribed to the World Heritage list in 2014.
Aven du Devès de Virac
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Ardèche and Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
44.37992° or 44° 22′ 48″ northLongitude
4.4037° or 4° 24′ 13″ eastOpen location code
8FP69CH3+XFOpenStreetMap ID
node 5086507882OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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