Conjunto Santa Rita
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Conjunto Santa Rita is a complex of limestone caves in the municipality of Iraquara, Bahia, Brazil. It is 17,050 metres (55,940 ft) long and the target of traditional pilgrimage. It contains numerous offerings on the altar and inside. The cave has two large parallel galleries joined by a smaller gallery being both associated with a lower slope. About 600 m have been mapped. The highlight of the cave is a spectacular calcite run-off resembling curtains of over 12 m tall, besides beautiful stratigraphic features on the walls. The small and adjacent Gruta Santa Rita II has also been mapped.
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Location: -12.3432, -41.5736, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
14 places
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Buraco do Cão ⓘ
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Caverna da Araponga ⓘ
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Conjunto Santa Rita ⓘ
cave complex in Bahia, Brazil -
Gruta Azul (Iraquara) ⓘ
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Gruta Canabrava ⓘ
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Gruta da Fumaça ⓘ
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Gruta da Pratinha ⓘ
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Gruta do Impossível ⓘ
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Gruta do Ioiô ⓘ
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Gruta do Lapão ⓘ
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Lapa do Diva ⓘ
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Lapa do Salitre ⓘ
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Lapa do Sol ⓘ
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Lapa Doce ⓘ
Cave in the city of Iraquara, in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | cave | Buraco do Cão | tourist attraction, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Caverna da Araponga | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Conjunto Santa Rita | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Gruta Azul (Iraquara) | tourist attraction, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Gruta Canabrava | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Gruta da Fumaça | tourist attraction, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Gruta da Pratinha | tourist attraction, spring, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Gruta do Impossível | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Gruta do Ioiô | tourist attraction, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Gruta do Lapão | tourist attraction, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Lapa do Diva | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Lapa do Salitre | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Lapa do Sol | tourist attraction, cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Lapa Doce | tourist attraction, cave | Wikidata | |