
Avenc del Cataplanell
Avenc de 63 metres de fondària a Coll de Nargó, (Boumort).
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Avenc del Cataplanell
Avenc de 63 metres de fondària a Coll de Nargó, (Boumort).
Coll de Nargó · Alt Urgell
Length: 154 m · Depth: 63 m
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A 63-metre-deep pit in Coll de Nargó (Boumort), first explored by the SAS of the CGB on 16 January 1966.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
The entrance is 10X4 metres and gives access to a pit 35 metres deep, keeping the same dimensions down to -10 metres; from this point it opens about 10 metres more towards the NE, giving rise to a chamber of regular dimensions. From the base of the pit, towards the NE a steep slope leads to the head of a 15-metre pit, with plenty of mud and a rather precarious rigging. At the base, after a small step, -63 metres is reached. There is a small upper gallery parallel to this last section that ends through a window into the 15-metre pit. Back at the base of the entrance pit, if we follow towards the NW, after climbing a small step where a thick trunk rests as a bridge, we find a 15-metre-deep pit with an elliptical section, with a lot of mud on the walls and a rigging without deviations that produce a rather worrying rubbing of the rope. After passing a crawl we continue along a flat gallery that is flooded for a few metres, then it becomes a steep ascending slope that ends at -40 metres at the base of a chimney of indeterminate height. Halfway up the slope there is another chimney which we do not know whether it has been explored.
Hydrology
The base of the 15-metre-deep pit with an elliptical section, at some times, is a large pool of water. After passing a crawl, a flat gallery is flooded for a few metres.
Progression
The first exploration was carried out by the SAS of the CGB on 16 January 1966.
History
The first exploration was carried out by the SAS of the CGB on 16 January 1966.
Bio
Speophilus fonti Jeann: 20 male specimens, collected by Lluís Auroux on 16 January 1966. 10 male specimens and 18 females collected by Oleguer Escolà on 7 February 1971.
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Bibliography
- Iñigo, G.(1976).-”Avenc del Cataplanell o de l'Obaga del Pou” Espeleosie (19):53-57. SIE-CEA. Barcelona.
- Senent, J.; Victoria, JM.(1965).-“Datos para el conocimiento espeleológico del macizo del Boumort”. Montaña (100):269-281 Centre Excursionista de Catalunya. Barcelona.
Fotografies "Sturmix" i coordenades facilitades per Jordi Salvadó.
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