Avenc de la Núvia

A 19 m deep pothole in Baix Pallars (Boumort), discovered and first explored on 23 May 1988.

Baix Pallars • Pallars Sobirà 55m 19m

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Avenc de la Núvia

A 19 m deep pothole in Baix Pallars (Boumort), discovered and first explored on 23 May 1988.

Baix Pallars · Pallars Sobirà

Length: 55 m · Depth: 19 m

Updated record

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Topographic map of the main entrance — Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

A 19 m deep pothole in Baix Pallars (Boumort), discovered and first explored on 23 May 1988.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Baix Pallars
Region: Pallars Sobirà
Unit: Boumort, el
Length: 55 meters
Depth: 19 meters
Major Unit: Prepirineu
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: November 17, 2012

Location

The cavity is located in Baix Pallars (Boumort). The data provided by its first explorers are very unclear for locating the cavity and, if we go by the coordinates (very unreliable) and the altitude given, it would give an approximate point located west of the Roca del Racó de l'Ós and quite far from the Salt de la Núvia, as stated in the original record. In May 2010, members of the ERE and the SIE carried out a sweep of the area in question without obtaining results. The best access to the area can be made from the ridge that descends westward from the plans of the Serra del Pou – Esplà.

Entrances

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Avenc de la Núvia
Elevation: 1320 m
42.293530, 1.054940
UTM 31T (ED 50) 339748 4684102
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Topographic

Avenc de la Núvia - Topography, Baix Pallars, Pallars Sobirà

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Description

Morphology

A 5-metre drop with slightly sloping walls marks the start of this cavity. At one end of its base, a new vertical section of about 10 metres of drop begins, leading to the lower zone of the generating joint, all of it broken up by a significant clastic process.