Avenc de la Roca del Xollat

Left-hand 36 m deep shaft at Montsant (Priorat), discovered on 15-11-1997 by members of the AAEET de Valls.

Morera de Montsant, La • Priorat 85m 36m

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Left-hand 36 m deep shaft at Montsant (Priorat), discovered on 15-11-1997 by members of the AAEET de Valls.

Morera de Montsant, La · Priorat

Length: 85 m · Depth: 36 m

Updated record

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Left-hand 36 m deep shaft at Montsant (Priorat), discovered on 15-11-1997 by members of the AAEET de Valls.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Morera de Montsant, La
Region: Priorat
Unit: Montsant, el
Length: 85 meters
Depth: 36 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Prelitoral
Lithology: Conglomerate
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: February 6, 2015

Location

At Montsant (Priorat). From the Morera de Montsant one must climb to the Serra Major via the Grau de Barrots until it joins the Grau de Carrasclet. One will follow this a little way until positioning oneself beside the cliff and follow it along the side in the direction of the Roca del Xollat, near which the fissure is found. Approximate coordinates.

Entrances

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Avenc de la Roca del Xollat
Elevation: 1070 m
41.274288, 0.854651
UTM 31T (ED 50) 320412 4571629
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Topographic

Avenc de la Roca del Xollat - Topography, Morera de Montsant, La, Priorat

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Description

Morphology

It is a long detachment fissure of the nearby cliff and of W-E direction. It is formed by two openings whose bottom is plugged by blocks.

Speleothems

The second opening presents, as a curiosity, two small concavities in the wall of the shaft that are of karstic origin and that have been exposed when the rock separated from the cliff face.