Avenc de la Lira

Small pit 14 metres deep in the Morella area (Garraf), discovered and explored on 18 January 1959.

Begues • Baix Llobregat 16m 14m

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Avenc de la Lira

Small pit 14 metres deep in the Morella area (Garraf), discovered and explored on 18 January 1959.

Begues · Baix Llobregat

Length: 16 m · Depth: 14 m

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Small pit 14 metres deep in the Morella area (Garraf), discovered and explored on 18 January 1959.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Begues
Region: Baix Llobregat
Unit: Garraf, el
Length: 16 meters
Depth: 14 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Litoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: December 20, 2012

Location

From the Campgràs doline we will go up the road towards puig Ginebró, where the “bola” of the radioelectric installations of the serrat de la Morella is located. On reaching the last crossroads after the steep climb, we will head in direction E18S for 106 metres, the point where the cavity is found; at 45 metres along the route we will already make out the whole slope, where various cairns are visible, among them that of the avenc de la Lira (data from 2012). The entrance is hidden behind a rock.

Entrances

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Avenc de la Lira
Elevation: 557 m
41.291095, 1.912894
UTM 31T (ED 50) 409069 4571846
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Topographic

Avenc de la Lira - Topography, Begues, Baix Llobregat

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Avenc de la Lira - Photo, Begues, Baix Llobregat

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Description

Morphology

The entrance, 2 metres long, divided by an irregularity in the rock that delimits it, gives access to a pit of -3 metres, at the bottom of which and at its NE end, a narrow crawlway begins that links it with the upper part of a pit of -9 metres; halfway down this pit we find the remains of a rock wall that divides it in two.

History

The discovery and first exploration was carried out on 18 January 1959 by members of the speleology group of the Unió Excursionista de Catalunya - Cornellà de Llobregat.