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Avenc de les Pinasses

A 25 m deep fissure at el Port (Horta de Sant Joan), about 100 metres SE of the avenc dels Quatre Pous. Discovered and explored by the ERE – CEC and the Biblioteca Balaguer de Vilanova i la Geltrú between 1972 and 1974.

Horta de Sant Joan • Terra Alta 27m 25m

A 25 m deep fissure at el Port (Horta de Sant Joan), about 100 metres SE of the avenc dels Quatre Pous. Discovered and explored by the ERE – CEC and the Biblioteca Balaguer de Vilanova i la Geltrú between 1972 and 1974.

Characteristics

Location

At el Port, in Horta de Sant Joan, about 100 metres SE of the avenc dels Quatre Pous. Approximate coordinates.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Avenc de les Pinasses

    Elevation: 675 m

    40.876550, 0.297220
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 272351 4528775
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Description

Morphology

An elongated entrance of 3 x 1.6 metres, covered by vegetation. A 4-metre pit has its base formed by an earth ledge where the pit appears to end. On one side, half covered by brush, there is a passage. Towards one side it is closed off by blocks within a few metres, and in the opposite direction, within a few metres, there is a drop of about 2 metres and the gallery makes a turn, opening out in the form of a funnel until it meets another gallery that crosses it. At this point there is a pit about 5 metres deep, at the bottom of which the maximum depth is reached.

Progression

You descend a 4-metre pit to an earth ledge. Through the passage half covered by brush you continue descending along an earth ramp to a small chamber, and continuing down along a stone ramp to a pit of about 6 metres. Beyond, the gallery makes a turn to another gallery that crosses it, where there is a pit about 5 metres deep, at the bottom of which the maximum depth is reached.

History

Discovered and explored by members of the ERE – CEC and of the Biblioteca Balaguer de Vilanova i la Geltrú, during the campaigns they carried out between the years 1972 and 1974.

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Bibliography

  1. Castell, J.; Albalate,A. I Bravo,J. (1975-76).- “Catàleg de cavitats d'Horta de Sant Joan (Tarragona). Sector la Moleta del Mas de la Franqueta”. Speleon (22): 251-270. Centre Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona.
  1. Estruel, Miquel (1990).- Ruta per conèixer la Terra Alta (Excursions – Escalada – Espeleologia). Vol. II: 119 pp. Centre Excursionista de Gandesa.

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