Back to sea caves
Photo: Wikimedia CommonsSource
Sea cave
Cosquer Cave
Calanques, Marseille, France
A cave with 30,000-year-old paintings of seals, penguins and horses. Its entrance is now 37 m underwater.
40 m
37 mRecreational limitBathymetry and profile
A tunnel 175 m long climbs from an entrance at 37 m to chambers above water. The cave is closed and protected.
Dashed line: 40 m recreational diving limit
Features
- Ice Age paintings of sea animals
- Entrance flooded by rising seas
- A copy can be visited in Marseille
Specific fauna
- Mediterranean reef life at the entrance