Avenc de la Molada

Small pit 17 metres deep in Albinyana, discovered, cleared and partially explored in 1968.

Albinyana • Baix Penedès 36m 17m

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Avenc de la Molada

Small pit 17 metres deep in Albinyana, discovered, cleared and partially explored in 1968.

Albinyana · Baix Penedès

Length: 36 m · Depth: 17 m

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Small pit 17 metres deep in Albinyana, discovered, cleared and partially explored in 1968.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Albinyana
Region: Baix Penedès
Unit: Bonastre,Massís de
Length: 36 meters
Depth: 17 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Dolomite
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: April 15, 2018

Location

From the W of Albinyana an asphalted track sets out that in little more than a kilometre climbs up to the castle of l'Esquernosa and the chapel of Sant Antoni de Pàdua. From the recreation area of the chapel, a path sets out that heads towards the puig de Sant Antoni; on reaching the puig, where we find a geodetic vertex, we will have to follow the path in a N direction for 147 metres, up to the point where the path begins to turn towards the W and which is the highest place of the serra. One must leave the path 5 metres to the left, where we will find the mouth of the avenc de la Molada.

Entrances

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Avenc de la Molada
Elevation: 410 m
41.245002, 1.474038
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 372138 4567077
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Topographic

Avenc de la Molada - Topography, Albinyana, Baix Penedès

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Avenc de la Molada - Photo, Albinyana, Baix Penedès

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Description

Morphology

The entrance conduit is wedged in a bedding plane that has entered with coalescence with the generative joint of the cavity.

Speleothems

Some samples of lithochemical forms are present.

Progression

A clastic process, deposited mostly at the bottom, obstructed the possible progression.

History

It was discovered, cleared and partially explored in 1968, by J. Vega and J. Agüera of the SES of the Club Esquí Puigmal.

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Bibliography

Agüera, A.(1997).-”El macizo cavernoso de Albinyana”. Més Avall (1):14-102. SES- Club Esquí Puigmal. Barcelona.
Borràs, J.; Miñarro, J.M.; Talavera, F.(1978).-”l'Alt Camp, la Conca de Barberà, el Baix Penedès i el Tarragonès” Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (Vol.2):1-246. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.