2021

19th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology

Gruppo Grotte - Catania - Italy

Saturday 28 August 2021 - Saturday 4 September 2021

Go to www.19isvetna.com

Visit the website to pre-register your interest, or for those who are already pre-registered, complete your registration selecting excursions and social activities etc. The indicative program outline has a good mix of presentation sessions, excursions and social activities.Background information on Sicily, Mt Etna and the city of Catania and information on some of the caves proposed to be visited during excursions is also on the Website. The Symposium will be limited to a maximum of 80 participants.

More information is available in the First Circular and Second Circular and Third Circular .

2022

20th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology

Dak Nong UNESCO Global Geopark in Dak Nong Province, Vietnam

End of September to early October, 2022

Presentations - over a period of 1 to 3 days in provincial facilities at Gia Nghia (the provincial capital).
Excursions - to caves and sites of scientific, scenic or cultural interest. If the number of participants is large, the group may be split into 2 or 3 smaller groups. Possible evening activities include a party, a fireworks display and an ethnic cultural show. All these activities would be in the Dray Sap Special-Use Forest.
For further information NEWSLETTERS - Latest version is #76 July 2020

PAST EVENTS

2012

Fourth Argentine Congress of Speleology

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First Latin American Congress of Speleology

Malargue Mendoza Argentina

April 1-8, 2012

Go to www.fade.org.ar

15th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology

Amman, Jordan

March 15-22, 2012

2013

For more information: http://www.speleo2013.com

2018

18th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology

Lava Beds National Monument, Northern California, USA

July 21-26, 2018 (with pre-symposium trips July 17-21)

Go to ISV18 Home

4th International Anchialine Ecosystems Symposium

Lanzarote, Canary Islands

October 1 - 7, 2018

Go to www.4isae.es

Anchialine refers to seawater flooded caves and groundwater along the coastlines of both volcanic as well as limestone terrain. The island of Spanish island of Lanzarote in the eastern Atlantic contains spectacular volcanic lava tubes on land as well as beneath the sea floor. The Atlantida tunnel cave is the world’s longest submarine lava tube and has been explored by cave divers for 1.6 km.

Guide to the anchialine ecosystems of Jameos del Agua and Túnel de la Atlántida

Guía interpretativa de los ecosistemas anquialinos de Los Jameos del Agua y Túnel de la Atlántida

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