A group of eight italian cavers explored one kilometer of new gallerie in Grotta Lovettecannas in Sardegna, during a 15 hour sporting trip this weekend. They discovered a gigantic chamber named after their friend who left, Salone MARCO MATTU. They discoverd a pit deeper than 100 meter, which will probably make this cave the deepest one in Sardegna. The exploration stopped because of lack of time, but will continue in the following weeks. Original here.
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Lovettecannas Cave (Baunei, Sardinia, Italy). The gigantic chamber – Salone Marco Mattu – has been discovered in one of the last expeditions (19 July) at more than 500 m of depth from the cave main entrance altitude, rising this cave at the first position on the list of deepest caves in Sardinia. The chamber shows peculiar sizes, being more than 400 m long, more than 300 large and about 115 m high – still under detailed measurement – and it is where the internal camp has been set. Exploration, survey and detailed mapping are yet going on, under an extremely enthusiastic working environment of a very close and motivated group of cavers. The exploration project started at the beginning of year 2010, and, up to now, more than three kilometres of new galleries have been found.