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“Pierre qui tramole”
Submerged Arch
Pierre à la Bague submerged Arch
Submerged caves
Submerged Uvala
Pouars creek
Sinkhole
-45 m
MARSEILLES NORTH BAY
MARSEILLES SOUTH BAY
Ratonneau Island
Pomègue Island
If Island
Marseilles Harbour
Cape Méjean
Submerged caves
0
5 Km
5° 20'
5° 15'
5° 25'
43° 10' N
43 15' N
Pierre percée Arch
Pomègue Harbour
Pierre à la Bague Shoal
(Submerged Lapiaz)
Veyron Shoal (SubmergedLapiaz)
Souquet Shoal
submerged Lapiaz
Farillons Archs
Submerged Cave
Impériaux
Pointe
Caramassaigne
Moyade
Submerged Cave
Cape Morgiou
Cosquer Cave
FRIOUL ARCHIPELAGO
RI O U A RC H IP EL A GO
Triperie Cave
Figuier Cave
Cap Croisette
Planier Lighhouse
Maïre Island
Jarre Island
Plane Island
Submerged Caves
SCALE
Fig. 5.1 The most spectacular diving spots in the Marseilles inlet and the Calanques Massif.
(Collina-Girard 2012)
The specificity of the terrestrial and underwater landscapes in the Marseilles region
is based on geological and climatic regions. Four discriminatory factors sum up the
fundamentals of the landscapes: a lithology and a specific structural grid, an obvious
eustatic heritage and particular wind conditions and surface currents designed around
these physiographic factors (Collina-Girard 2012).
5.1 Lithology and Underwater Landscapes
Granitic and metamorphic regions contrast with limestone regions in very divergent
landscape styles (Fig. 5.2). Rocks from the ancient metamorphic bedrock dominate
the regions east of Cap Sicié: schists and phyllites from the shores of the Maures
Massif from the archipelagos of Porquerolles and Port-Cros, or volcanic rocks and
gneiss from the shores of Esterel and the Tanneron Massif. To the west of Toulon
J. Collina-Girard
“Pierre qui tramole”
Submerged Arch
Pierre à la Bague submerged Arch
Submerged caves
Submerged Uvala
Pouars creek
Sinkhole
-45 m
MARSEILLES NORTH BAY
MARSEILLES SOUTH BAY
Ratonneau Island
Pomègue Island
If Island
Marseilles Harbour
Cape Méjean
Submerged caves
0
5 Km
5° 20'
5° 15'
5° 25'
43° 10' N
43 15' N
Pierre percée Arch
Pomègue Harbour
Pierre à la Bague Shoal
(Submerged Lapiaz)
Veyron Shoal (SubmergedLapiaz)
Souquet Shoal
submerged Lapiaz
Farillons Archs
Submerged Cave
Impériaux
Pointe
Caramassaigne
Moyade
Submerged Cave
Cape Morgiou
Cosquer Cave
FRIOUL ARCHIPELAGO
RI O U A RC H IP EL A GO
Triperie Cave
Figuier Cave
Cap Croisette
Planier Lighhouse
Maïre Island
Jarre Island
Plane Island
Submerged Caves
SCALE
Fig. 5.1 The most spectacular diving spots in the Marseilles inlet and the Calanques Massif.
(Collina-Girard 2012)
The specificity of the terrestrial and underwater landscapes in the Marseilles region
is based on geological and climatic regions. Four discriminatory factors sum up the
fundamentals of the landscapes: a lithology and a specific structural grid, an obvious
eustatic heritage and particular wind conditions and surface currents designed around
these physiographic factors (Collina-Girard 2012).
5.1 Lithology and Underwater Landscapes
Granitic and metamorphic regions contrast with limestone regions in very divergent
landscape styles (Fig. 5.2). Rocks from the ancient metamorphic bedrock dominate
the regions east of Cap Sicié: schists and phyllites from the shores of the Maures
Massif from the archipelagos of Porquerolles and Port-Cros, or volcanic rocks and
gneiss from the shores of Esterel and the Tanneron Massif. To the west of Toulon