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Avenc del Xato

Avenc del Xato

Avenc de 15 metres de fondària a Cambrils (Odèn).

Odèn • Solsonès24m15m

A 15-metre-deep pit in Cambrils (Odèn), explored between 1 and 3 May 1964 by EDES, EDECA, ERE-CEC and Pirinenc, with troglobitic beetles.

Characteristics

Location

We will start from Cambrils along the road that goes to Alinyà; at the collada de Llinars we will turn left onto the forest track that climbs to the pla de les Guàrdies heading south, and at the collada de les Guàrdies we will park the car in the most suitable place.

From here we will continue on foot along the forest track that climbs heading north-west, gradually leaving the ridge and descending along a steep slope that turns into a ridge as far as the collada dels Obacs.

Here we will leave the track, which changes direction radically and descends towards les Anoves. We will continue south along the ridge, and about a hundred metres away on the left, some twenty metres below us, and hidden by thorny burnet, we will find, beside a cade juniper, the avenc del Xato.

Mapa

Entrances

Always verify coordinates and access conditions before setting out.

  1. Avenc del Xato

    Elevation: 1270 m

    42.130715, 1.362570
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 364668 4665587
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

A circular entrance a little more than one metre in diameter gives access to a shaft of elongated section that keeps this width, down to -15 metres of depth where the cavity ends.

History

Explored between 1 and 3 May 1964, with the participation of EDES, EDECA, ERE-CEC and Pirinenc.

Bio

Coleoptera

  • Troglocharinus (Troglocharinus) subilsi Español 1966
  • Geotrechus (Geotrechidius) ubachi Español 1965

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Bibliography

  1. Borràs,J; Miñarro,J.M; Talavera,F.(1980).-”l'Urgell, el Solsonès, la Segarra i el Berguedà”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol 5):1-233. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
  2. Codina,S.(2001).- “Ruta espeleològica per la carena de la serra dels Obacs”. Corriol (122):10-11. CE Solsonès.
  3. Ubach, Montserrat; Escolà, Oleguer.(1968).-”Operació Solsonès – campanyes 1962 a 1965 (primera etapa). Espeleòleg (5):158-162. ERE-Centre Excursionista de Catalunya.

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