Southwest Madagascar
Aven (Vintany)
- CertificationFull cave
Diving and fills
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The dive
Perhaps Madagascar's largest fossil graveyard: the cavern zone holds the remains of giant lemurs, elephant birds and the extinct crocodile Voay, many of them still complete.
Profile and sections
Perhaps Madagascar's largest fossil graveyard: the cavern zone holds the remains of giant lemurs, elephant birds and the extinct crocodile Voay, many of them still complete. The cave itself is not large.
Ryan Dart dived here before 2013; from 2014 the team documented the finds with palaeontologists from the universities of Antananarivo and Massachusetts Amherst and the City University of New York.
Practical: only with an organised expedition; don't touch the fossils.
- Depth and profile
- Depth not published; the fossils lie in the cavern zone, followed by a short cave dive beyond.
- Configuration
- Axolot uses Aven as the expedition's first dive to shake down gear and team.
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Configuration unknown — research beforehand
This is how the planner decides who in your team may dive this cave. Rules your own trip adds (organizer, a mail, the AI) show with your trip.
How to get there
A large sinkhole in Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, ~1.5 hours' drive from Anakao.
Around Aven (Vintany)
FillsNo fill station known nearby
Caves nearby4
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