Avenc Montesinos

Avenc de 16 metres de fondària a Olesa de Bonesvalls, Ordal.

Olesa de Bonesvalls • Alt Penedès21m16m

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Avenc Montesinos

Avenc de 16 metres de fondària a Olesa de Bonesvalls, Ordal.

Olesa de Bonesvalls · Alt Penedès

Length: 21 m · Depth: 16 m

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A 16-metre-deep pit in Olesa de Bonesvalls, Ordal, with an entrance about 2 metres in diameter and a single 15-metre shaft.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Olesa de Bonesvalls
Region: Alt Penedès
Unit: Ordal, muntanyes de l'
Length: 21 meters
Depth: 16 meters
Major Unit: Serralada Litoral
Lithology: Limestone
Last review: 2016-10-28

Location

It is located on the hydrographic right bank of the Fondo de l'Arcada, 70 metres above the point where the path coming from the Avenc dels Esquirols and the track descending from the Coll d'Ordal meet in the Fondo de l'Arcada, very close to the Avenc de la Ullera. The cavity lies 35 metres from the torrent.

Entrances

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Montesinos, Avenc
Elevation: 438 m
41.381793, 1.869352
UTM 31T (ED 50) 405555 4581962
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Topographic

Avenc Montesinos - Topography, Olesa de Bonesvalls, Alt Penedès

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Description

Morphology

The cavity has an entrance about 2 metres in diameter with a single 15-metre-deep shaft; at the lowest point of the base, -16 metres is reached.

History

First explored in 1958, but we do not know who carried out the first exploration: the GES – CMB call it Avenc Montesinos and the SES – CE Puigmal name it Avenc del Pivet or del Pi Verd (we think pivets = avets, there are probably none in l'Ordal). Curiously, in an article published 10 years later by members of the GES (Geo y Bio Karst nº 18 – 1968) a survey and a record card appear, calling it Avenc del Pibet (?).

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Bibliography

Borrás, J. (1980). “Nota sobre els fondos del Lledoner i de l'Arcada”. Sota Terra (1) : 12-21. GES -CMB. Barcelona
Montoriol Pous, J. (1968). “Estudio morfogenético de varias cavidades desarrolladas en el Fondo del Lladoner”. Geo y Bio Karst (18) : 23-30. Barcelona
Rubinat Aumedes, F. (1988). “Catàleg Espeleològic del Massís de Garraf. Unitat Septentrional. Sector 12”. EspeleoSie (30) : 13-68. SIE- CEA. Barcelona.