
Avenc Hostench
A 26-metre-deep pit in Torroella de Montgrí, discovered in 1968 and explored and surveyed on several occasions.
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Avenc Hostench
A 26-metre-deep pit in Torroella de Montgrí, discovered in 1968 and explored and surveyed on several occasions.
Torroella de Montgrí · Baix Empordà
Length: 79 m · Depth: 26 m
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A 26-metre-deep pit in Torroella de Montgrí, discovered in 1968 and explored and surveyed on several occasions.
Topographic
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Description
Morphology
A first pit with a drop of 3.50 metres connects with a descending gallery 7 metres long, which is followed by another shorter and less steep one; then the descent stabilises and one enters a zone crossed by other galleries at different levels, creating a fairly complex closed circuit. Continuing along the main gallery, three small pits of 3.50 and 4.50 metres respectively follow one another; at the bottom of the last one the maximum depth is reached. The cavity continues through a narrow crawlway, full of mud and with a siphoning appearance, and then takes a notable ascent until reaching the -18 level, where the cavity ends. In this final sector some small side galleries and a final chamber on the upper level develop.
History
Discovered in 1968 by two relatives of the well-known Girona industrialist Torras Hostench, hence its name.
On 3 December 1972 it is explored and surveyed by the Centre Excursionista Empordanès de Figueres.
In 1978 La SIRE-UEC de Sants explores and surveys it again.
In 1986, while reforestation work was being carried out with a subsoiling machine, they moved the rocks that formed the entrance and the cavity was covered with the same rocks.
Between May and June 2008, members of the SIE-CEA unblock the cavity, placing a wooden pallet at the entrance to prevent falls.
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Bibliography
- Borrás, J.;Miñarro, JM.;Talavera, F.(1981).-”el baix empordà, el gironès, la selva, l'osona, el vallès oriental i el maresme “. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol. 6):1-292. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
- SIRE (1978).-”Estartit (Girona) notas sobre el Pla del Vent”. Boletín Infor. SIRE (3-4):35-63. SIRE-UEC-Sants.
- Torró Cabratosa, Joan(1988).-”Coves, Caus i Pous del massís del Montgrí”.
- Topografia inèdita Sebastià Delclós, Centre Excursionista Empordanès de Figueres.
- Fotos extretes de www.espeleobloc.com.es (post del dia 11 de junt de 2008).
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