Avenc del Gerro

Pit at the Pla de Campgràs, discovered and explored by GES-CMB around 1956 and resurveyed by ERE-CEC in February 2019.

Sitges • Garraf 3m 3m

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Avenc del Gerro

Pit at the Pla de Campgràs, discovered and explored by GES-CMB around 1956 and resurveyed by ERE-CEC in February 2019.

Sitges · Garraf

Length: 3 m · Depth: 3 m

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Topographic map of the main entrance — Main entrance · ICGC topographic map

Pit at the Pla de Campgràs, discovered and explored by GES-CMB around 1956 and resurveyed by ERE-CEC in February 2019.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Sitges
Region: Garraf
Unit: Garraf, el
Length: 3 meters
Depth: 3 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Litoral
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: February 23, 2019

Location

From the Pla de Querol car park, follow the GR-92-4 towards Campgràs until you come across the Avenc Asensio. Here you must leave the path and head SE for about fifty metres. A few metres SE of the Avenc Gomis.

Entrances

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Avenc del Gerro
Elevation: 511 m
41.286365, 1.912884
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 408968 4571117
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Topographic

Avenc del Gerro - Topography, Sitges, Garraf

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Description

Morphology

A small pit 1 x 0.6 metres that descends a couple of metres and then becomes blocked by blocks and red earth. The lowest point is at elevation -2.9.

History

Discovered and explored by members of GES-CMB around the year 1956. In a work on Campgràs (Speleon, 1959) they make a brief reference to the cavity giving it 5 metres of depth.

Resurveyed by members of ERE-CEC in February 2019.

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Bibliography

Montoriol, J.; Muntan, L. (1959).- “Resultado de nuevas investigaciones en el campo de dolinas del Pla del Campgràs (macizo de Garraf, Barcelona)”. Speleon (tomo X, nº 3-4): 127-152. Universidad de Oviedo.