Torcas de los Palancares

Useful Information

Location:	16193 Cañada del Hoyo, Cuenca. (40.023392, -1.959041)
Open:	no restrictions. [2023]
Fee:	free. [2023]
Classification:	Doline
Light:	n/a
Dimension:
Guided tours:	self guided
Photography:	allowed
Accessibility:	no
Bibliography:	Adolfo Eraso Romero, Victoria López-Acevedo Cornejo, Miguel Ángel López Muliloz (1979): Estudio de las torcas de Palancares y Cañada del Hoyo en el karst de la serranía de Cuenca Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, Grupo Espeleológico Vizcaíno (9). pdf José Antonio García Abarca, Francisco Rojas Arriba, Gema Sánchez Palacion (2009): Los Palancares y agregados 111 años de Gestión Forestal Sostenible Serie Forestal (Junta de Comunidades de Castilla – La Mancha. Consejería de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural. Dirección General de Política Forestal) (7). ISBN 978-84-7788-570-2. pdf
Address:	Torcas de los Palancares, 16193 Cañada del Hoyo, Cuenca.
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History

1873	first description of the existence of dolines in the province of Cuenca published by Cortázar and Botella.
1901	monte Los Palancares declared Monte de Utilidad Pública.
2001	Torcas de Palancares and Tierra Muerta Natural Monument created.

Description

The Torcas de los Palancares (Palancares Sinkholes) are located in parque natural de la Serranía de Cuenca. This is a group of more than 30 huge dolines with a diameter around 200 m and a depth around 50 m. The largest is 400 m long and 250 m wide, the deepest around 90 m deep. They are located in a ridge of limestone hill, which are up to 1,300 m asl.