Avenc del Solanet

Small pit 10 metres deep in Astell (la Torre de Cabdella), currently covered. Located on 31 October 1971 and explored in 1975 and 1976. Speonomus akarsticus is present.

Torre de Cabdella, La • Pallars Jussà 25m 10m

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Avenc del Solanet

Small pit 10 metres deep in Astell (la Torre de Cabdella), currently covered. Located on 31 October 1971 and explored in 1975 and 1976. Speonomus akarsticus is present.

Torre de Cabdella, La · Pallars Jussà

Length: 25 m · Depth: 10 m

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Small pit 10 metres deep in Astell (la Torre de Cabdella), currently covered. Located on 31 October 1971 and explored in 1975 and 1976. Speonomus akarsticus is present.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Torre de Cabdella, La
Region: Pallars Jussà
Unit: Alt Pallars
Length: 25 meters
Depth: 10 meters
Major Unit: Pirineu Axial
Lithology: Limestone
Updated on EspeleoÍndex: August 18, 2023

Location

Once past kilometre 12 of the road from Senterada to Cabdella, we will find on the left the turn-off leading to the small village of Astell; one kilometre before reaching it and above a bend described by the road, there is a field and in the very middle of it, the mouth of the avenc tapat covered with a slab. Coordinates without much precision. Currently the mouth is covered by the earth movement that was done some years ago in the field.

Entrances

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Avenc del Solanet
Elevation: 1093 m
42.406827, 0.972632
UTM 31T (ETRS89) 333262 4697141
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Topographic

Avenc del Solanet - Topography, Torre de Cabdella, La, Pallars Jussà

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Description

Morphology

The mouth is very narrow and allows descent down a shaft of about 5 metres of drop, at the bottom of which a small chamber is formed, where at one end there is a step of about 4 metres that gives access to small lower galleries; at the other end there is another small impenetrable shaft, which communicates with the aforementioned lower level.

History

Located on 31 October 1971 by members of the ERE-CEC who began the work of clearing the mouth. They did not return until 27 December 1975 when M. Ubach, A. Nubiola, C. Tarrés and O. Escolà (ERE - CEC) finished the clearing and were able to make the first exploration. Finally, on 24 October 1976, O. Escolà (ERE - CEC), J. Rosaura and A. Clariana (SIS - CET) explored it again and made the survey (Dades facilitades per Oleguer Escolà). In August 2023 the friend Joan Pallisé tried to locate the cavity to make a visit for biospeleological purposes and it was impossible for him to find it. While talking with people from Astell they informed him that some years ago they flattened the whole field of the Solanet del Sord and the avenc tapat was covered.

Bio

Speonomus akarsticus,n. sp. collected 361 male individuals and 526 females.

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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 i Boada, Oleguer (1980).- “Speonomus akarsticus, n. sp. (col. Catopidae, Bathisciinae) del Pirineo del Pallars (Catalunya). Speleon (25):27-29. Centre Excursionista de Catalunya.