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Avenc de Montalegre

Avenc de Montalegre

A 32-metre-deep pit in the municipality of Les Avellanes i Santa Linya, open in the wall, with narrow vertical drops and a remarkable reconstruction process.

Avellanes i Santa Linya, Les • Noguera 45m 32m

A 32-metre-deep pit in the municipality of Les Avellanes i Santa Linya, open in the wall, with narrow vertical drops and a remarkable reconstruction process.

Characteristics

Location

It is located in the Mont-roig mountain range. To reach it, go to the village of Vilanova de la Sal and continue towards the railway halt; turn right towards the hermitage of Montalegre. Once at the hermitage, head towards a group of antennas that are surrounded by a fence; the cavity is found to the west between the fence and the rock wall.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Montalegre, Avenc de

    Elevation: 856 m

    41.894240, 0.825380
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 319694 4640524
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Description

Morphology

A 32-metre-deep pit in the municipality of Les Avellanes i Santa Linya. A pit open in the wall, it consists of a series of quite narrow vertical drops.

Speleothems

The reconstruction process is remarkable.

Progression

The third of the vertical drops required clearing.

History

This cavity owes its discovery to the works carried out for the installation of a group of antennas near the hermitage of Montalegre.

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Bibliography

Gàzquez i Pons, Josep Lluís. (1995).-“Monogràfic Catàleg espeleològic de la Noguera” GRALLERA (3-4):1-90. GELL-CELL. Lleida.

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