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Avenc de la Serp

Avenc de la Serp

Left-hand cave in the barranc de Cubars, in Horta de Sant Joan, explored and surveyed by the Espeleo Club Tortosa in 2009.

Horta de Sant Joan • Terra Alta 35m 12m

Left-hand cave in the barranc de Cubars, in Horta de Sant Joan, explored and surveyed by the Espeleo Club Tortosa in 2009.

Characteristics

Location

At the Solana de Martinés, right-hand slope of the barranc de Cubars. Access can be gained via the path leading to the molí de Sotorres, which branches off to the left of the track from Horta de Sant Joan to the Franqueta recreational area. Approximate coordinates.

Map

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Avenc de la Serp

    Elevation: 479 m

    40.925971, 0.331922
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 275348 4533967
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

It is a fissure opened in the conglomerates of the lower section of the Barranc de Cubars -Les Planes- due to the attraction of the small cliff and masked by years of clearing stones and branches from the almond grove existing there. The fissure is visible or can be guessed at along almost 100 metres from the outside, and lets us enter through two openings 45 metres apart, each with shafts of 5 m., with no interior connection. The maximum depth is reached with a steep slope after the shafts at 12 metres of depth.

History

Explored and surveyed by members of the Espeleo Club Tortosa in 2009. According to what they were told before entering, the name of the hole comes from the hunting of a snake 4.5 metres long and 12 centimetres in diameter that lived there 60 years ago. It was killed by the owner of the estate because it ate the goats' milk. And of course,... if it was so well fed, it surely had daughters and granddaughters that could still live in there.

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Bibliography

  • Dades extretes del blog de l'Espeleo Club Tortosa i ampliades per Marcos Carbó

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