Joseph Delteil (21 March 1909 â 7 November 1979) was a French speleologist.
Delteil trained as a carpenter before turning to speleology. In 1935, he participated in the exploration of the Labouiche underground river, revealing 3800 metres of active network. In 1943 and in 1946-47, he also participated alongside and Norbert Casteret in the exploration of the abyss of .
His name is given to the 130 metre deep shaft located at the bottom of the "gouffre Raymonde", the major chasm of the réseau Félix Trombe.
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- Association des anciens responsables de la fédération française de spéléologie : In Memoriam.
- N. Casteret, ë Joseph Delteil (1909-1979) û, Spelunca, Paris, 1980 (1), , 1 photographie.
- G. Jauzion, In memoriam Joseph Delteil, in Bulletin de la Société méridionale de spéléologie et de préhistoire, vol. XX, 1980, (pp. 3)
- Joseph Delteil in WESSEX CAVE CLUB
- Joseph Delteil in Rivière Souterraine de Labouiche
- Joseph Delteil in explorations by Norbert Casteret in 1937
- Joseph Delteil mentioned in More Years Under the Earth (1961)