Avenc de Sant Gervàs
Small pit with a 12-metre vertical drop in Sant Miquel de la Vall (Gavet de la Conca), with a 6X6-metre chamber and a sloping gallery about 12 metres long.
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Avenc de Sant Gervàs
Small pit with a 12-metre vertical drop in Sant Miquel de la Vall (Gavet de la Conca), with a 6X6-metre chamber and a sloping gallery about 12 metres long.
Gavet de la Conca · Pallars Jussà
Length: 36 m · Depth: 12 m
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Small pit with a 12-metre vertical drop in Sant Miquel de la Vall (Gavet de la Conca), with a 6X6-metre chamber and a sloping gallery about 12 metres long.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
Small entrance that gives access to a 6X6-metre chamber from which a sloping gallery about 12 metres long emerges; the floor becomes horizontal, leading into another perpendicular gallery with a short route on both sides.
Progression
No equipment is necessary, only a 10 m rope to secure the drop of the first pit.
History
The first exploration was carried out by the GIE of the CE Gràcia in 1964.
Bio
Speonomus aurouxi n. sp Español (Auroux – Amat; 8-12-1964)
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Bibliography
- Borràs,J.;Miñarro,JM.;Talavera,F.(1979).-”El Pallars Jussà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (Vol.3):1-211. Ed Políglota.Barcelona.
- Escolà, Oleguer (1970).-“Catálogo Espeleológico del Montsec”. Espeleòleg (11-12):453-542, ERE - CE Catalunya, Barcelona.
- Pallarés Personat,J.(1971).-”Avance al estudio morfológico de la cinglera de Carnestoltes”. 5º Campamento regional de Espeleòlogos pp:5-6. SAS – CGB. Barcelona.
- SAS-CGB.(1967).-”Catálogo de cavidades del macizo del Montsec”. Cavernas (9):319-338. GE Badalona.
- Valles, Jordi de (2008).-”Alta Ribagotça, Pallars Jussà, Pallars Sobirà, Val d'Aran”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (Vol.1):1-319. EC Gràcia/FCE.
- Coordenades, dades i fotografies facilitades per Montse Roca i Juli Serrano (SIE-CEA) actualitzades a gener de 2023.
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