Avenc del Pèndol
A 31 m deep pit at the Mola de Catí (el Port), discovered and explored by the ERE – CEC on 30-4 and 1-5-1970.
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Avenc del Pèndol
A 31 m deep pit at the Mola de Catí (el Port), discovered and explored by the ERE – CEC on 30-4 and 1-5-1970.
Tortosa · Baix Ebre
Length: 80 m · Depth: 31 m
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A 31 m deep pit at the Mola de Catí (el Port), discovered and explored by the ERE – CEC on 30-4 and 1-5-1970.
Topographic
Espeleoindex · CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Image © its author.
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Description
Morphology
At the bottom of a broad doline opens the mouth of the cavity, about 80 centimetres in diameter, which gives access to a shaft 22 metres deep. At its bottom is a chamber 10 x 4 metres. On the NW side of the chamber and a little higher up, to the left of the shaft, through a window that gives onto a 5-metre drop one reaches a chamber. The last shaft of the cavity is full of blocks and at its bottom the point of maximum depth is reached (elevation – 31).
Progression
On the NW side of the chamber is the mouth of a shaft that leads to the lower galleries. Through a small descending gallery one reaches the base of the aforementioned shaft. From this point one can follow a gallery 14 metres long until finding a small drop with a dome on its left and with no possible continuation; then, by means of a steep ramp, access is gained to the last shaft of the cavity.
History
This cavity was discovered and explored by members of the ERE – CEC during the trip of 30-4 and 1-5-1970. (Information provided by Pere Cantons).
Like the rest of the cavities discovered and explored by the ERE at that time, it remained unpublished until a few years later, during the campaigns of the SIE – CEA, it was located and surveyed again.
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Bibliography
- SIE (1978).- “Contribució al coneixement espeleològic dels Ports del Caro (Baix Ebre) (IV): La Mola de Catí i el Mont Caro”. EspeleoSie (21): 27-70. SIE-CE Àliga. Barcelona.
- Fotografia boca facilitada per l'Espeleo Club Tortosa.
- Coordenades i fotografies facilitades per Montse Roca i Juli Serrano. Fitxa actualitzada a 12-08-2017. Dades extretes del blog Espeleobloc (www.espeleobloc.com.es) post del dia 12-07-2017.
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